for the Month of April 1796 for which you will sign Duplicate receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof — I am &c W^m Simmons George Fleming Esq^r Department of war West Point Accountants office New York May 30 — 1796 — Sir You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor of New York the sum of Seventy three Dollars for the Pay of a Detachment of the 1^st Sub Legion Stationed at West Point for the services of the ordnance Department for their Pay for the Month of April 1796 for which you will sign Duplicate receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof I am &c W^m Simmons Secretary of War Accountants Office, May 30 1796— Sir enclosed is the Opinion of the Attorney Gen^l on the subject of the Claims of Gen^l Wayne as Commissioner for Treating with the Western Indians, & Cap^t Henry De Butts as Secretary to him if these Gentlemen will therefore please to make out their Accounts conformably thereto and approved by you they can immediately be settled — I am &c W^m Simmons