Edw^d Smith Esq^r Accountants Office Winchester Virg^a Apr^l 16^th 1799 Sir I have received your letter of the 9^th Instant enclosing the Certificates of Lt. Col. O.Bannon & Major Butler respecting the pay of elegant Major Jonas Simmons from which I have caused an account to be State the amount wherof, is twenty seven Dollars which sum he will receive on application to Edward Carrington Esq^r Supervisor Richmond I am &^c W.S. Arch^d Creary Esq^r Apr^l 16^th 1799 Agent of Fortifications New York &^c Sir I have received your letter dated March 6^th Instant with the Packet containing your accounts & vouchers therein mentioned— They will be placed under examination & you will in course be informed of the result. I am &^c W.S. Cap^t Will^m Maclellan Apr^l 16, 1799 Alexandria Virg^a Sir Your letter enclosing your pay abstracts for the months of Jan^y Feb^y & March might be forwarded to me from the War Office. I say "must have" on the 11 Feb^y with orders to do the needful— It having from its duty in the first instance to cause an Army acc^t for settlement your Recruiting acc^t is also to be forwarded to this Office to warn the charge for Recruiting money given you will will be [undecipherable] I am &^c W.S.