Captⁿ Alex^r Gibson Staunton Virg^a Sir Accountants Office July 6^th 179[8] I received your letter of the 10 Ult^o enclosing Receipt rolls for pay of yourself & Detachment up to 21 December y inclusive amounting to D^rs 275 [undecipherable], which will be passed to your cre[dit] on the Books of this Office — Sam H^e W Simmo[ns] Acct[.] --- Ensign Meriwether Lewis Charlottesville Virginia Sir Accountants Office July 8^th 179[8] I received your letter of the 23 Ult^o enclosing sundry receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed with those before received subject to an examination hereafter on the settlement of your recruiting account — Sam H^e W Simmo[ns] Acct[.] --- John Hilty Esq^r Baltimore Sir Accountants Office July 5^th 179[8] The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of two hundred dollars which you will be ple[ased] to pay to Lieut^t John Knight of the 2^d Regiment of Artillery, at Chester Town taking the necessary receipts holding him accounta[ble] being for the Recruiting service — Sam H^e W Simmons Acct[.]