Joseph Hiller Salem? Massachusetts Sir I have received your letter of the 23 Inst on the subject of your account for mounting Cannon at Salem which has been examined and a balance found due the United States of one hundred & fifty six Dollars & ²⁰/₁₀₀, differing from your statement fifteen cents, arising from an overcalculation in your commission — This balance you are hereby requested to refund to Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor Boston, who will grant you the necessary receipts, one of which you will forward to this Office for your exhonoration. Sam^l &^c W Simmons Acct^t Ensign William H Booker New Brunswick, N.J. Accountants Office May 1^st 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 28 Ult^o enclosing sundry receipts for bounties paid by you, which are filed with those before received subject to undergo a future examination — Sam^l &^c W Simmons Acct^t Lieut^t Horatio R Dayton Elizabethtown N. J. Accountants Office May 1 1798. Sir I received your letter of the 28 Ult^o enclosing one receipt for Bounty paid by you last week, which will be filed with those before received to await an examination hereafter. Sam^l &^c W Simmons