to N. W. Habersham being fourteen thousand nine hundred 8[undecipherable] Dollars, which he is directed to apply to the objects estimates — Sam &c W Simm[undecipherable] Ass[undecipherable] Capt Staats Morris Accountants Office Fort Whetstone Point February 15^th 179[undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 9^th Inst & caused an examination to be made of the [undecipherable: Pay &] receipt roll for [undecipherable] which I advised you of by my letter of the [undecipherable] Inst. & I find the amount mentioned to be erroneous, owing to your having misplaced the figure [in the] addition of the receipt roll, and which was overlooked by the Clerk [undecipherable] it: the amount of the pay transmitted for December was two hundred five Dollars & nineteen Cents. The amount of the receipt roll, two hun[undecipherable] eighty eight Dollars [undecipherable]oo, which sum will be passed to your [undecipherable] held accountable [undecipherable] for four dollars, due to William Nelson, & two Dollars [undecipherable] cents due to John [undecipherable] [undecipherable], amounting to six Dollars & fifty eight Cents, [undecipherable] for — Sam &c W Sommers[undecipherable] Capt Rich^d Blackburn Accountants Office Fort Norfolk February [undecipherable]^th May 22 [undecipherable] Sir I received Muster & Pay rolls of the men under your command for January 98, enclosed in a blank cover[,] letter has undergone the necessary examination and has been found [undecipherable] you will accordingly receive the amount from Edward Carrington Esqu[undecipherable] at Richmond on your giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same being three hun[undecipherable] six Dollars and seventy six Cents — I have to request that the Muster & pay Rolls from you in future may be accompanied by a letter to be filed on record in this Office Sam &c W[undecipherable]