Accountants Office July 16, 1798 I Certify that there is due to lieut. James Toplis of the 1^st United States Reg^t the sum of One hundred & thirty five Dollars & 29/100 so much recovered from him by the superior court of the State of Connecticut by a suit at law being for the costs & damages for enlisting William Fisher an apprentice to John Merriam the same having been approved & allowed by the Secretary of War which sum is payable to Samuel W. Dana Esq^r who is to be accountable to pay the same to the said lieut.^t James Toplis — $135.29 For 1^st U. S. Reg. N Simmons Acct. Accountants Office July 9, 1798 I Certify that there is due to the State of Virginia the sum of five hundred forty two Dollars & [undecipherable] being for expences incurred by the Officers composing a court martial for the purpose of trying [undecipherable] troop for Captian Hawkins & for expences incurred in assisting the [undecipherable] Cannon in short Directions where amount is payable to John Lawson Esq^r by order of the Executive of the said State agreeable to accounts admitted by the Secretary of War. $542.25 N Simmons Acct.