On behalf of Secretary of War, request granted to Josiah Fox to visit Philadelphia. Fox's Pay will be forwarded to Colonel Carrington, supervisor at Richmond.
Simmons certifies that $187.50 is due Josiah Fox, the Acting Constructor of the Frigate building at Gosport Virginia, for his salary from April though June 1795.
Simmons certifies that $972.03 is due Captain Samuel Tinsley, Ensign Samuel Allinson and the recruits commanded by Captain Tinsley at Richmond Virginia for his and their pay through July 1795.
Cover letter for receipts from John Lynch, R. S. Blackburn, Captain Thomson, Nehemiah Freeman, Mrs. Sophia Roberts, G. Handin, Major Howe, Foreman Cheeseman, George Fleming, Hanzin, John McClallen, and Major Rivardi in the amounts listed.
Simmons certifies that $58.46 is due Robert Hays, being the expenses of Major William Colbert,William McGillivray (Chickasaw chief) and John Brown, two other Chickasaws, and Malcolm McGee, Interpreter from Knoxville to and at Philadelphia.
Robert Hays has been paid for services attending to Indians and for expenses traveling from Knoxville to Philadelphia. Henley is agent of the War Department in the Southwest Territory.
