[4 Mo 2] [D 210.] [W Simmons / Acct.] [205] The Secretary of War Accountants Office July 16. 1798 I Certify that there is due to Lieut. James Tripple of the 1^st United States Reg^t the sum of One hundred & thirty five Dollars & [undecipherable] 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 [undecipherable] 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^re who is to be accountable to pay the same to the said Lieut. Tripple. W Simmons Acct. $ 135. 30 Jn^o Secy of War 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 expenses incurred by the Officers composing a court martial for the purpose of trying [undecipherable] Corporal [undecipherable] Hawkins & for expenses incurred in assisting the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] where amount is payable to John Lawson Esq^re by order of the Governor of the said State agreeable to accounts admitted by the Secretary of War. W Simmons Acct. $ 542. 25