[Page 46] of Lieu^t Horatio B. Dayton for the months of April & May 1799 — Sam^l &^c W Simmons Acct^t Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r Accountants Office Ag^t W D N York June 7^t 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 3^d Inst enclosing muster & Pay rolls of Capt^t Frye's Company & receipt Rolls for the months of March April & May 1799 which have undergone examination found correct, the amount of Pay & Forage advanced by you to said Company for the two last months being 824 12/100 Dollar you will receive from Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York granting your necessary receipts for the same — Sam^l &^c W Simmons Acct^t The Sec^y of W[ar] June 10^t 1799 Sir Inclosed is duplicate of my letter to M^r James Van Ingen at Albany on the subject of the suit against M^r Norden for the Storage of the Powder at that place to which I have received no answer — this letter will fully explain what my opinion was at the time I relied on the Attorney of M^r Van Ingen in Albany who had in a former instance