Caleb Gibbs Clk of the Navy Yards Boston Department of Wars Accountants Office Apr 5. 1796 Sir Nathaniel Gorham Esq^r Insp^t will 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 Sums 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 2^d Inst and the pay Note for [undecipherable] have come to hand— In Answer thereto I have to inform you that [if] Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West point are paid up to the 1[undecipherable] Month before you leave West point your presence may be dispensed for any Reasonable time and there will be no necessity for appointing another Officer in your place You will therefore on Rect. Send the Pay and Muster Rolles made out for the Month of March and [undecipherable] without Delay to this Office for examination and I will on Receipt thereof use my utmost endeavors to forwards the Money in time for You to Compleat the payments before the time you intend leaving West Point— This mode is thought preferable to that of Transferring the M[undecipherable] to another Officers and the men will suffer no considerable inconv[undecipherable] from remaining in arrears of pay until your Return provided the [undecipherable] does not exceed two Months the time limited by law Of you are in forwarding the pay Role there will be no difficulty in completing business at the time above contemplated as I mean to forward the [undecipherable] for February immediately so as to enable you to compleat the pay for that Month by the time you Receive the Money for the Month[undecipherable] I am &c William Sim[undecipherable: Simmons]