Cap^t Alex^r Thompson Accountants Office Niagara October 29^th 1799 Sir M^r Samuel Lewis Clerk in the War Office having received the following sums Viz^t on the 19 July two hundred & fifty five Dollars & 7/100 for the pay of the Troops at Niagara, including price of Vinegar meals for June. an^d On the 21 Aug^t following six hundred & fifty four dollars & 4/100 for the pay of the Troops at Niagara from March to 31 May 1799 — which sums he states to have remitted to you on the 22^d of August, for which your receipts have not come forward, you are therefore required to forward duplicates receipts without delay, and to cover to me for the purpose of making the proper entries on the Books of this Office — I am &^c W. S. Cap^t Walter L Cochran October 29^th 1799 Sir M^r Samuel Lewis the War Office having on the 8 July 1797 drawn the sum of two hundred Dollars on account of the Recruiting service, which he states to have remitted to on the 6^th of the same month for which your rec^t has not yet come forward, you are therefore requested to forward duplicate receipt and to cover the one without delay, for the purpose of making the proper entries on the Books of this Office — I am &^c W. S.