[30] Caleb Gibbs Clk of the Navy Yard Boston Department of War Accountants Office Apr 5. 1796 Sir Nathaniel Gorham Esq^r Sup^t w[undecipherable] pay you the sum of One hundred and Eighty eight Dollars being for your salary from the 1^st Jan^y to 31 March 1796 and for Stationary Goods for which sum you will sign Duplicate Receipts I am &c William Simmons Nathaniel Freeman West point — Department of War Accountants Office 6 April 1796 Sir Your letter of the 9^th Inst and the pay Note for [undecipherable] have come to hand— In Answer thereto I have to inform you that [undecipherable] Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West point are paid up to the [undecipherable] Month before you leave West point your presence may be dispensed [undecipherable] for any Reasonable time and there will be no necessity for appointing [undecipherable] another Officer in your place You will therefore order [undecipherable] the Pay and Muster Rolls made out for the Month of March and [undecipherable] without Delay to this Office for examination and I will endeavor [undecipherable] thereof use my utmost endeavors to forward the Money in time [undecipherable] you to Compleat the payments before the time you intend leaving [undecipherable] Point— This mode is thought preferable to that of Transferring the Mo[undecipherable] to another Officers and the men will suffer no considerable incon[undecipherable] from remaining in arrears of pay until your return provided the [undecipherable] does not exceed two Months the time limited by law If you are [undecipherable] in forwarding the pay Roll there will be no difficulty in compleating [undecipherable] business at the time above contemplated as I mean to forward the [undecipherable] for February immediately so as to enable you to compleat the [undecipherable] for that Month by the time you receive the Money for the Month [undecipherable] I am &c William Sim[undecipherable: Simmons]