John Kilty Esq^r Accountants Office Baltimore May 24^th 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 21 Inst. enclosing the receipt of Samuel & Joseph Sterrett Naval Agents for three hundred & seventy five Dollars - and of Isaac Garretson Clerk of the Navy Yards for three hundred & eighteen Dollars [undecipherable], amounting together to six hundred ninety three dollars [undecipherable] which sums will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office — Sam^l W Simmons Acct^t Capt^o Alex. Gibson Accountants Office Staunton V^a May 25^th 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 12 Inst. enclosing Muster & Pay Rolls of yourself & Recruits from 1 January to 30 April 1798 inclusive which have undergone examination and from which ninety cents has been deducted for pay of Reson Barnit who you have made up to [undecipherable] March whereas his term of service expired 24^th of said Month - this deduction leaves an amount of D^rs 373 [undecipherable], which you will receive from Samuel Lewis Jun^r, Clerk in the War Office to whom you will be pleased to transmit the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable — Sam^l W. Simmons Acct^t