244 Department of War Accountants Office, May 17 1796 I Certify, that there is due to John Bryant the Sum of Six hundred forty eight Dollars and three Cents being the balance of his Account of expenditures in the Ordnance and military Store Departments of Springfield, Massachusetts in which is contained his Salary to the 1^st Instant which Sum is payable to William Irvine Esq^r. William Simmons D^rs 648. 03 The Secretary of War Accountants Office, May 17^th 1796 — I Certify that there is due to Andrew Sterf, One hundred and eighty five Dollars, being for his Expences on temporary Engineers from the 1^st Jan^y to the 31 March 1796 which Sum is to be transmitted to John Stakeholder Collector of the Customs at [undecipherable: Pensacola] who is to be solely accountable for the payment thereof to said Andrew Sterf. William Simmons Secretary of War Accountants Office, May 17, 1796 I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers Stationary, at least [undecipherable: prior] the sum of three thousand two thousand fifty four Dollars and fifty one Cents for their pay Subsistence and forage for the Month of April 1796 which Sum is to be paid to Major [undecipherable: Constant] Freeman who is accountable for the delivery thereof to Lieu^t [undecipherable: Mahannah] Niceman Sen^r pay master of said Corps who is with also accountable to the same appropriation thereof. William Simmons D^rs 3,253. 51 The Secretary of War