Accountants Office June 5^th 1796 I Certify that there is due to Capt James Smolney the Sum of one hundred eighty for Rations and 38/100 Cents for his pay Subsistance and forage from 1^st March to 31^st May 1796 — 6D^rs 193 38/100 William Simmons The Secretary of War --- Accountants Office May 21^st 1796 I Certify that there is due to James Monroes plenipotentiary from the United States to the Republic of France the sum of four hundred Sixty six Dollars and July one Cents & reimburse to him this sum paid by him to Sieur Appeulin Regz as price for sundry Books and Mathematical Instruments purchased by orders of the Secretary for the Department of War who writes that the same to be paid out of the sum appropriated for the Contingencies for the Department of War — which sum is payable to James Monroe Minister plenipo of eancy James Monroe — William Simmons 6D^rs 266 85 The Secretary of War — --- Accountants Office May 31^st 1796 I Certify that there is due to a detachment of the field Artillery in the service of the Ordnance Department, at and point the sum of Seventy three Dollars for their pay for the months of April 1796 which from is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor of New York — and by him to George Manning at and point who is to be accountable — 6D^rs 73 W^m Simmons The Secretary of War —