Simmons certifies that $43.16 is due Lieutenant William K. Blue, being his pay, subsistence, and forage, and the subsistence of his waiter, for December 1796.
Simmons certifies that $11.74 is due Private Thomas Dunkin of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay from October 1 to December 29, 1796, the day he was discharged.
Simmons certifies that $11.74 is due Lieutenant Campbell Smith of the 4th Sub Legion, being the balance of his account of contingencies and his pay and subsistence for the year 1796.
Simmons certifies that $17.14 is due Private Peter Shelkes, late of Captain William Lewis's Company of Levies, being the balance of his pay per abstract D No. 51.
Mentions recent bills drawn; discusses estimate of the expenditures of the quartermaster department in the months of October-December of 1796. Comments that it is impossible to estimate the expenditures of the Hospital and Indian Departments at the beginning of a quarter.
Previous estimate of expenses will fall short, additions made to estimate to meet expenditures of Quartermaster's Department. Cannot provide estimates for the Indian or Hospital Department. Drew bills for D. Harragan, Quartermaster General at Fort Washington.
Simmons certifies that eight dollars is due Private Joseph Dowley of Captain Bradley's Company of the 2nd Sub Legion, and waiter to Lieutenant Lukens, being his pay for November and December 1796.
Acknowledges receipt of muster and pay rolls. Money for the pay will be forwarded by James Read, federal revenue collector at Wilmington, North Carolina
