and the detachment under his command for May 98 — Sam ^l &^c W Simmons Acct^t Captⁿ Rich^d J Blackburn Fort Norfolk near Accountants Office Norfolk Virginia June 12^th 1798 Sir The Muster & Pay rolls for May of the detachment under your command have undergone examination & found free of error you will accordingly receive the amount due on the latter being two hundred & fifteen Dollars & thirteen Cents from Edward Carrington Esq^r supervisor at Richmond to whom you will be pleased to give the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable Sam ^l &^c W Simmons Acct^t A J Dallas Esq^r Accountants Office Sir June 12^th 179 I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8 Ulti^mo with its accompaniments — The statement marked A consisting of claims for rations, forage &c foundry persons for their services on the Western expedition in 1794 will be settled at this Office provided the Muster &^r [undecipherable: rolls of the R] m^ts justify a settlement — The statement marked B with the letters &c from Officers of the Penn^a Militia, to whom you advanced considerable sums of money, are by no means sufficiently explicit to entitle you to a Credit on the Books of this Office — I have already observed that before any pa-