[394] Doctor Cutbush Accountants Office Sir June 15^th 1795 Any claim that you may have for [undecipherable] Surgeon to the Pennsylvania Militia in 1794 must be presented to Mr Dallas, & as he has already advanced you money on account, he [undecipherable] 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[undecipherable] of this he had official information from this Office — Sam^l W Simmons Acct[undecipherable] John Nilty Esq^r Accountants Office Baltimore June 13 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 11 Inst^t enclosing the receipt of Lieut John Rodgers for two hundred dollars, being the b[undecipherable] of the three thousand two hundred dollars remitted to you for his [undecipherable] all of which will now be entered to your credit on the Books of this [undecipherable] Sam^l W Simmons Acct[undecipherable] A[.] Dallas Esq^r Accountants Office Sir June 13 1798 In reply to your note of this morning, I beg leave to refer you to the Act passed the 5 March 92 regulating the pay of the [undecipherable] which is to govern you in the settlement of your accounts — Sam^l W[undecipherable]