[Copy of a letter from J. McHenry to W. Simmons dated 9. July 99] Philadelphia July 9. 1799. Sir, Herewith will be handed you the vouchers for the Pay ments of the Volunteers for their persons on the late Northampton Expedition. — you will find mentioned in four of the books a Surgeon Quarter master, cabin Lieutenants and twenty black men — There being no law authorizing payment to those persons, I have submitted the question to the Secretary of War for his decision, in reply to which he has instructed to have recourse to the Muster Payrolls of the Militia employ'd on the Expedition to the Westward in in the years 1799, and to be governed by them in the present case. — Some of the Muster Rolls herewith which are not certified by the Inspectors were incomplete when he [Capt. McCallein] left Philadelphia, and were certified by the Captains commanding the Troops substitutely by order of General MacPherson. — I am Sir y^r ob^t Ser^t [undecipherable: J. McHenry?] William Simmons Esq^r Accountant to the War Department.