of Lieu^t Horatio W. Dayton for the months of April & May 1799 — Sam R^o W. Simmons Acct^t Ebenezer Stevens Esq^r Accountants Office A^t W D New York June 7^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 8^th inst. enclosing muster & Pay rolls of Cap^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 $24 1/2 Dollars you will receive from Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York granting your necessary receipts for the same— Sam R^o W. Simmons Acct^t The Sec.^y of War June 10^th 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 Nourdon 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 at Albany who had in a former instance