Capt James Felts Accountants Office Horse Point May 31 1799 Sir In reply to your letter of the 26 Ins^t. I have to inform you that your account of expences incurr'd in removing of Prisoners, has here cours'd in due time & the amount [undecipherable] to the Secretary of War, the warrant for which was not afford'd untill the 29 Ins^t. when the money was immediately transmitted — From H^s W Simmons [undecipherable] D^r Nath^l [undecipherable] May 29 1799 Fort Jay Sir Referring to my letter of the 11 Ulto. I am to acquaint you that by another return of rations supp^d by the Contractors at [undecipherable] in Vermont it appears that you have drawn double rations in the months of January, February, March and April last, but to which you are not entitled: you have in consequence overdr[awn] 120 rations which at 21 Cents the contract price of rations amounts to Dollars 30.90 This sum will therefore be charged to you in settlement of your account at this Office. I am H^s W Simmons [undecipherable] [Correction (as noted in my letter of 16 April) between 1 June & 31 Dec^r of last year [undecipherable] $14.44 Ditto between 1 January [&] 30 April 1799 120 rations @ 21 Cents 30.40 D^ro 135.34]