John Hills Esq.^r Accountants Office Baltimore June 12 1799 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will send you the sum of Eighty Dollars which you will please to pay to James Dorff Esper & C.^o as being hire pay for the months of April & May 1799 for which sum you will take the [undecipherable] receipt — [undecipherable] M. Simmons Clerk Cap.^t Russell Higate June 12 1799 Wilm.^t Sir I have reced your letter of the 9^th Ult: with the enclosures. Our pay M.^r has now examined & found correct amounting to one hundred nine dollars & 90s which sum you will receive from John Chester supervisor Witherspoon District for which you will be pleased to give him your duplicate receipt holding yourself accountable for the use [undecipherable] thereof — If you can ascertain that there has been any expences incurred for advertising or in procuring [undecipherable] Consult Prisoners at the time of the desertion you will please to deduct it from his pay — From y.^r M Simmons Clerk John [undecipherable] Esq.^r June 12 1799 Supervisor [undecipherable] Connecticut [undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States will send you the sum of One hundred [undecipherable] Dollars & 90s being for the pay of [undecipherable]-men under the command of Cap.^t Russell Higate