and the detachment under his command for May 9⁸. Sam ^l &^c W^m Simmons Acct^t Cap^t Rich^d S Blackburn Fort Norfolk [near] Norfolk Virginia Accountants Office 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 this 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^m Simmons Acct^t A S Dallas Esq^r Accountants Office Sir June 12^th 179[?] I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 8 Ult^o with its accompaniments. The statement marked A consisting of claims for rations, forage &c foundry persons for their services on the Western exp[edition] in 1794 will be settled at this Office provided the Muster, & Pay rolls of the m^r 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 p[a-]