William Simmons Esquire Accountant for the depart^t of War Philadelphia [2822] New London August 16^th 1798 Sir I have herewith trans= =mitted to you my Estimate to the 31^st of July 1798 for one Hundred and Fifty dollars 75 Cents which please pay to Samuel Hodgdon Esquire. I am very Respectfully yr your Obedient Servant William Simmons esq^r W^m: Holts Estimate of Expen= =ditures at New London to 31 July 1798 dollars 150 75 [undecipherable] [2772] Estimate of expenditures on Account of the United States At New London from the 1^st of April to the 31^st of July 1798. To James Callaway For Rent of sundry Houses to hold Artillery Stores at 29 dolls 16⅔ Cents P Month . . . 116.66⅔ " Anthony Evans " Rent of a full set of Blacksmiths Tools for the use of the Armoury late at this place from the 1^st of March 1796 to the 31^st of March 1797 not brought forward on any former estimate . . . 16 .. " Joseph Slaughter " 15½ days work employed in March and April last in assisting to hack the Arms in Chests at 1 dollar 16⅔ Cents P day . . . 18 8⅓ dollars 150 75 [seal] W^m: Holts 144. 16 294. 91