Cap^tr 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^t 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 pay^mt 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 ¼ Cents & charged in your acc^t 14 ¾ Cents — difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 50                                                                  D^rs 91. 60 The 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 receipts to be accountable for the due applications thereof, Sam^l W Simmons Acct^t [seal]