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 Sergeant Major Thomas Simmons from which I have carried an account to the State the amount whereof 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. SS. 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^th 1799 Alexandria Virg^a Sir Your letter enclosing your pay abstraction for the months of Jan^y Feb^y & March might be forwarded to James Read the Comm^s for Pay master Gen^l on the 1^st April with directions to do this monthly — it having [strikethrough: been] his duty in the first instance to cause an Army acc^t for Settlement your Recruiting acc^t is also to be forwarded to him & to warn the charge for Recruiting money you rec^d will be transferred I am &^c W. S.