Capt^r William Littlefield Accountants Office Fort Wolcot near August 22^d 1798 New Fort Rhode Island Sir I have received your letter of the 6 inst. forwarding muster & pay rolls of the Garrison at Fort Wolcot to the 31 July last & also your subsistence account from 1^st April to 30 June 1798 which have undergone the necessary examination and differ from your statement in the sum of ninety one Dollars & ⁶⁰/100 arising as follows:— The paym^t of Lieu^t George T Ross from 1 May to 31 July deducted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90._ Overcalculated in the pay of Sergeant Sylvanius Pratts deducted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 10 This sum deducted from your subsistence account being an error in the price of Rations, which at West Point is 14 1/4 cents & charged in your acc^t. 14 ¾ Cents - difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 50The above amount being deducted makes the sum due to be Four hundred & sixty nine Dollars & ²²/100 which you will receive from John S Dexter Esquire supervisor at Providence, granting your receipt to be accountable for the due applications thereof, Sam^l W Simmons Acct.^t [seal]