[Lieut. Peter M^cDeaney West Point, N.Y.] Accountants Office April 25, 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 1^st Inst enclosing your Recruiting account & vouchers which have undergone examination & found free of error, you will accordingly receive the amount from Nicholas Fish Esq^r supervisor New York on giving him the necessary receipts for the same being thirty four Dollars — I am &^c W^m Simmons Acc^t Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York Accountants Office April 25 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Thirty four Dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Lieut. Peter M^cDeaney at West Point on his giving you the necessary receipts being for amount of his account for Recruiting for the service of the United States — I am, &^c W^m Simmons Acc^t The Secretary of War Accountants Office April 11, 1798 Sir In conformity with your letter of this day I herewith enclose you a statement of the Expenditures in this Office for the Quarter Masters Department from the 1 January 1791 to the 1 January 1797, taken from the abstract furnished to Congress averaging the expenditures annually during that period; — for those at the Treasury Department I conceive it would be more proper to make the application there — I am &^c W^m Simmons