Isaac Craig Esq° Pittsburg — Accountants Office April 20^th 1798 Sir Enclosed is a letter that came under cover to me from Capt Edwards Miller for Capt Russell Bissell at Presque Isle, and which I request you will be so obliging as to forward to him by the first safe conveyance Sam 8° W Simmons Acct — Lieut James Sterrett Care of Isaac Craig, Esq° Pittsburg Accountants Office April 20 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 9 Inst° and note its contents. I have reported the amount of Pay and Forage due you to the 1 Inst° (being one hundred and eighty six Dollars) to the Secretary of War who will undoubtedly issue a Warrant for the same immediately after the appropriations are passed, and when you may rest assured the greatest diligence will be used on my part to have the same remitted to you Sam 8° W Simmons Acct° Lieut Nehemiah Freeman & P M d Westbank, N.H. Accountants Office April 21 1798 Sir The vouchers contained in your letter of the 21 Ult° have undergone examination & have been found free of error, you will accordingly receive credit on the Books of this Office for the different sums charged in your account Current, which will finally leave a balance in your hands unaccounted for of Twenty nine Dollars & forty five Cents Sam 8° W Simmons Acct° Nicholas Fish Esq° Supervisor New York Accountants Office April 23 Sir The foregoing is a copy of a letter intended to have been forwarded to you but has been [undecipherable] for want of Appropriations for the 1^st and last sums in [the] [undecipherable] Year — as the Appropriations have been suspended so long, I have to forwards the sum for M^r Fleming which is for services [of] last Year — You will accordingly receive from the Treasurer of the United [States] the sum of ninety six Dollars & twenty five Cents, which [you will] be pleased to pay to M^r Fleming accordingly — Sam 8° W Simmons Acct° The above letter alludes to one dated 21 February 98 Pag c° 242 George Fleming Esq: West Point, N.Y Accountants Office April 23 Sir You will receive from Nicholas [undecipherable] Supervisor New York, the sum of ninety six dollars & twenty [undecipherable] which you will be pleased to pay to Thomas Hughes being [undecipherable] of his account for making Iron works for Gun Carriages at [undecipherable] Point from 21 October to 31 December 1797, taking his [undecipherable] for the same — Sam 8° W Simmons Acct° Ensign William R Boote New Brunswick, New Jersey Accountants Office April 23 179[8] Sir I received your letter of the 21 Inst° enclosing sundry receipts for Bounty paid by you amounting to Ten dollars which will be filed subject to a future examination on the settlement of your recruiting account — Sam 8° W Simmons Acct° Lieut Horatio R Dayton Elizabeth Town, N.J. Accountants Office April 23 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 21 Inst° enclosing Charles Derches receipt for 4 Dollars for Bounty paid by you which will be filed subject to a future examination on the settlement of your recruiting account — Sam 8° W Simmons Acct° Lieut Samuel S Dyson Port Tobacco, Maryland Accountants Office April 21 179[8] Sir I received your letter of the 17 Inst° enclosing sundry receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed in the usual manner subject to a future settlement — I have once more communicated your want of Clothing for your recruits at the War Office where the remedy rests — Sam 8° W Simmons Acct°