to him taking his duplicate Receipts to be accountable. Sam Sir Y^r — William Simmons. L^t David Hale. D[e]pWar Accountants Office Portland July 14^th 1795. Sir You will receive from Na- thaniel Gorham Supervisor the following sums Viz: — 239. 20 being the amount of the Pay of your self and men for the months of March 1795. — 130. ditto — ditto for April — 102. 83 ditto — — ditto for May & June 472. 3 Making together Four hundred and seventy two Dollars and 3/00 for which sums you will please give him duplicate Receipts. The sum of 293 ²/₀₀ for the Pay of yourself and men for March, differs from the amount of the Receipts of the Men owing to your paying Abraham Leavitt 83 Cents instead of 1. 33 and Ebenezer Thompson 1. 46 instead of 1. 37 — You are charged with the above sums of 472. 3 and are credited with the Receipts you have transmitted; The Receipts for the Balance you will please to obtain, and transmit them as soon as possible to this Office, that this transaction may be finally closed — In future the strictest attention shall be paid on my part that the men shall all be paid before they march for West Point, as it causes confusion in the Accounts when Officers Pay their Men without receiving the Money from this Office on a Pay Roll examined here. You will therefore in future please to forwards on a pay Roll when your men are to march and the amount shall be immediately forwarded —