Department of War Accountants Office September 7^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 30^th Ult^o in respect to the amount due to Doctor H^o Scott, which was placed in the hands of Sam^l Lewis, jun^r Clerk in the War Office on the 31^st of July last, and application being made to him he asserts that through hurry of business he omitted forwarding it; but he will transmit it by next post— I am Sir Your Obd^t Servant Wm Simmons Isaac Craig, Esq^r D^y Q^r M^r Gen^l Pittsburgh