Accountants Office April 2^d 1798. I certify that there is due to the Scouts of Mason County, State of Kentucky, the Sum of one [underline: hundred] two hundred ninety seven Dollars and fifty Cents being for their Services between the 4^th of March and 28^th of December 1794 which Sum is payable to Robert Smith Attorney to Alexander D. Orr, who is to be accountable for the due Application thereof — Doll 197⁵⁰ W^m Simmons Act^g The Sec^y of War. (S.) Department of War. Accountants Office April 2^d 1798. I certify that there is due to Capt. Samuel Nicholson of the Frigate, building at Boston the Sum of [underline: five hundred and seventy nine Dollars] being for his Pay from 1^st Aug^t 1795 and Subsistance from 10^th June 1797 (the date of his Acceptance) to 1^st March 1798 inclusive; which Sum is to be remitted to him through Nathaniel Gorham Esq^r Gazetteer, Massachusetts, who is to be accountable for the payment thereof to the above Captain Samuel Nicholson — Doll 579 W^m Simmons Acct The Sec^y of War.