Pittsburgh 9^th August 1799 Sir You will find this letter accompanied by sundry Rolls & Vouchers of disbursements in the Army, Pay department — agreeable to the annexed Schedule, the amount two thousand, four hundred and nine dollars and eight cents — You will please to acknowledge the receipt of these papers & place the sum paid thereon to my credit on the books of your Office — M^r I Nourse by his letter of the 9^th of May last informs me of the examination & admission of all my Accounts transmitted to you in my letter of the 18^th of April 1799, Except a payment of 43. Three Dollars to Cap^t J^no. G. Turner for expenses paid in pursuit of Deserters — I presume M^r Wagner has not observed to you. I have already examined that account together with its relative Vouchers & enrolled it to be paid — Your order for that purpose is dated 1^st Feb^y 1799 — In pursuance of Col^o Ford Strong's request I have had a number of Muster & Pay Rolls printed, the printing of which M^r John Scott has engaged to perform at the same rate such printing is performed in Phil^a — I have therefore to request information on that business — I am very respectfully S^o Your ob^d Serv W^m Simmons esq Acc^tant War dep^t J. C