[359] Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office New York May 22^d [undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States [undecipherable] remit you the sum of One hundred & five dollars & &c, which [undecipherable] will be pleased to pay to Lieut^t David Hale at Ellis Islands [undecipherable] the necessary receipts holding him accountable, being for pay of Recruits for January 1795 — I am &^c W^m Simm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Offi[undecipherable] Supervisor Richmond May 22^d [undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States [undecipherable] remit you the sum of Two hundred & twenty five dollars &c, [undecipherable] you will be pleased to pay to Cap^t Richards [undecipherable] Blackburn [undecipherable] Norfolk taking the necessary receipts holding him accountabl[undecipherable] for pay of himself & the detachment under his command for M[undecipherable] 1795 — I am &^c W^m Simm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Ensign Meriwether Lewis Accountants Office Charlottesville, V^a May 22^d [undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 12^th enclosing four receipts for payments made by you amounting to 40 Dollars which will be filed in this Office to be examin[undecipherable] settlement of your recruiting account — I am &^c W^m S[undecipherable]