[398] Samuel Meredith Esq^r ) Accountants' Office Treasurer of the US. June 14 1798 Sir Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham Collec[undecipherable] the customs for savannah Georgia amounting to One hundred fourty[undecipherable] &c, also a Warrant for that sum being for the Incidentals & Contingen[undecipherable] expenses of the War Department to which Warrant the receipt is to be annexed agreeably to a request of the Comptroller of the Treasury — Sam^l W Simmons Acct[undecipherable] John N Cummings Esq^r ) Accountants' Office New Ark New Jersey June 16. 1798 Dear Sir I now have the pleasure of enclosing to yo[undecipherable] a Post Note for the sum of nine hundred Dollars being for five Yea[undecipherable] half pay of Cap^t Pratt who was killed in action on the 4 Novemb[undecipherable] the same being granted to Sarah Pratt his widow agreeably agree[undecipherable] to acts of Congress of the 7 June 94 & 14 March 98 — Sam^l W Simmons Acct[undecipherable] PS the full pay a Captain at the time he was killed was 30 D^rs/month. Caleb Swan Esq^r ) Accountants' Office P.M.G. Fort Washington June 15 1798 Sir I have received your letter dated the 1 [undecipherable] accompanied by an abstract of your receipts & expenditures from N[undecipherable] N^o 595 to 605 with the vouchers for each payment — You may recollect my mentioning [undecipherable]