John G. Dexter Esq^r Supervisor, Providence R.I. Accountants Office 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of two hundred & thirty two Dollars & sixteen Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Capt Joseph Elliott, commanding at Fort Wolcott, taking the necessary receipt, holding him accountable being for pay of himself and Detachment for January 98 — I am &^c W Simmons Acc^t Capt Joseph Elliott, Fort Wolcott near New Port. R.I. Accountants Office 1798 Sir You will receive from John G. Dexter Esq^r supervisor at Providence the sum of two hundred thirty two Dollars & sixteen Cents for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipt, holding yourself accountable being for pay of yourself and Detachment for January 98 I am &^c W Simmons Acc^t [Cancelled] Abijah Metcalf Esq^r Elizabeth Town N.J. Accountants Office March 28^th 1798 Sir I have received your Letter of the 20^th Inst^t inclosing account of sundries, alledged to be due to Michael Le Frank, a private in the late Corps of John Doughty's Engineers. As General & Regimental Returns, by your [undecipherable] them in our books will witness, the payment of January 86 does of course condemn he a non Commissioned Officer or Provat, the pay and the's of such and all the military appropriation accounts. If Congress or the Department [undecipherable: Order] that the Sum is to be paid, and then it shall be complied with; you, I presume, will be justified in settling for the pay due to him. I am &^c W Simmons