M^r James Fleming M^rs West County Sir I have received your letter of the 27^th ulto with the enclosures the receipt-roll for [undecipherable] & Detachment of the 1 Pay^r of Infantry for March 1799 has been received [undecipherable] pounds correct the amount of which will be passed to your credit on the books of this Office — The [undecipherable] roll in March 1799 has also been certified [undecipherable] pounds received, amounting to seventy eight Dollars, which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Supervisor of revenue on seeing him your duplicate & assuring yourself accountable for the due application thereof — [signed] P. Simmons Clk M^r John Edwards Bourbon, Kentucky Sir I have received your letter dated the 30^th April relative to the balance standing to your credit for monies placed into your hands for the pay of certain Detachments of Kentucky Militia — I am very [undecipherable] to inform you that the balance as stated in my letter of the 17^th January last [undecipherable: D-2823?] exactly you have additional Vouchers to produce, must be sent to James Morrison [undecipherable] as noted in that letter. I write [undecipherable] the power of attorney to which you refer of persons receipt if the parties are those persons, as [undecipherable] granted the balance and are [undecipherable] due, generally to the last [undecipherable] — I think it proper to inform you that [undecipherable] compliance on your part in paying the balance is highly necessary to prevent your being summoned greatly [undecipherable]. [marginalia written vertically along left margin of second letter, undecipherable]