Accountants Office May 18 1799 I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stationed at Charlottesville under the commands of Meriwether Lewis [undecipherable: probable reading "Lieut"] on the 1^st Reg^t of Infantry being the pay of himself from 1 January 1799 after pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment, from the date of their Enlistment to 30 April 1799 inclusive, which sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington Supervisor at Richmond Virginia to be by him paid to the said Lieut [undecipherable] who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof — D^ol 1403.50. W. Simmons Acc^t The Sec'^y of War N^o 2068. May 20 1799 I certify that there is due to Henry Latrobe the sum of Three hundred & two dollars being the balance of his acc^t authorized by the Sec^r of War for survey, surveys, reports plans designs or alterations, & estimates of and concerning the Fortifications at Point [undecipherable] & Norfolk including his travelling expences at Norfolk & assistance in the year 1798. [undecipherable] D^ol 302. — W Simmons Acc^t The Secretary of War copy