Joseph Millers 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 hundreds & fifty six Dollars & ²⁰/₁₀₀, differing from your statement fifteen cents, arising from an overcalculation in your commissions — 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 forwards to this Office for your exhoneration — Sam^l &c^o W^m Simmons Acct^r Ensign William H Boothe 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^o W^m Simmons Acct^r Lieut^t Horatio R Dayton Elizabethtown N. J. Accountants Office May 1^st 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^o W^m Simmons