Doctor Cutbush Accountants Office June 15^th 179⁸ Sir Any claim that you may have for [your services as] Surgeon to the Pennsylvania Militia in 1794 must be presented to M^r Dallas, & as he has already advanced you money on account, he is the proper person to apply to for any balance that may be due you for your services in the capacity aforesaid provided the claim is just & authorized by law (the legality of which he is to be a judge of in the first instance) taking care to state an account Current with you charging the monies advanced & crediting the services perform— of this he had official information from this Office — Sam^{l his} McSimmons Acct^s John Kelty Esq^r Baltimore Sir Accountants Office June 13^th 1798 I received your letter of the 11 Inst^t enclosing the receipt of Lieut^t John Rodgers for two hundred dollars being the b— of the three thousand two hundred dollars remitted to you for his u— all of which will now be entered to your credit on the Books of this O— Sam^{l his} McSimmons Acct^s A^r Dallas Esq^r Sir Accountants Office June 13^th 1798— In reply to your note of this morning, I beg leave to refer you to the Act passed the 5 March &c regulating the pay of the Off— which is to govern you in the settlement of your accounts— Sam^l &c W—