West Point March 25^th 179[undecipherable] Sir I was not a little surprised to learn from the Paymaster that you should conceive the charge of 1½ P^rC^t for bringing up from New york the money for the payment of the Reg^t should be too much, and that 10 D^rs which had been charged heretofore; was sufficient. — The charge of 10 D^rs was established by myself, but at that time you will recollect the river was open, and that a passage to the City could be had at any time for a trifling sum, and that the man going and returning on the Stage at the Season I went, would alone be attended with an expence of 11½ D^rs, using the strictest economy [Addressed to: William Simmons Esq^r Accountant Department of War] [Staats Morris rec^d 29^th March Ans^d 2^d April]