[276] Jerome Mertine Charleston S^t Carolina D^o of War. Account^s Office October 17, 1795. Sir, I have received your letters of the 26^th June and 25^th August 1795 with your Account Current for Pay and personal Expences. As the pay and Allowance of the Engineers not being fixed by Congress and as the Sec^y of War his Certificate does not sanction any Allowance more than Pay at the rate of two Dollars ℗ day all other Charges in your Account I must therefore consider inadmissible. Your Account has been stated from 1 April 94 to 30^th June 95 incl. which is 456 Days at 2 d^ls ℗ day makes 912 from which deduct the Sums received by you at different Periods — — — — — — — — — — — — 550 Dol^ls 362 leaving a Balance due you of three hundred & sixty two Dol^ls which Sum you will receive of Daniel Stevens Sup^t Charleston, for which you will please sign duplicate Rec^ts I am Sir &c. W^m Simmons Daniel Stevens Sup^t Charleston S^t Carolina D^o of War. Accountant's Office October 17, 1795. Sir, The Treasurer of the U S will remit you the Sum of three hundred & sixty two Dollars being the Balance of Pay due Jerome Mertine director of Artillery Artificers from the 1^st April 94 to 30 June 95 incl. which Sum you will please to pay him & take his Receipts for the same. I am Sir &c. W^m Simmons [Page 279 YAA01]