[261] to which said Receipt is to be numbered agreeably to the communication of the Comptroller D^rs 4.3⁷ W^m Simmons The Secretary of War — Accountants Office. June 22^d 1796 I Certify that there is due to Nicholas Francis Martinon the sum of One thousand two hundred forty seven Dollars and Twenty [undecipherable] Cents being the balance of his Account for his compensation and personal Expenses as Temporary Paymaster for the fortification in the State of North Carolina from the 1^st of April 1794 (the date of his Appointment,) to the 23^d April 1796 (the day he received the letter from the Secretary of War notifying him of his Discharge) and for Mathematical & Drawing Prints Griffis Papers postages of letters after his discharge from — drawers & accounts, Pass, and Continues to appear from his Invoices — D^rs 1,247.22 The Secretary of War W^m Simmons Accountants Office June 22^d 1796 I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers Stationed at West Point the sum of Two thousand three hundred and thirty Six Dollars for their Pay and forage for the Month of May 1796 which Sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable: probable reading Brickton] Fields Reg^t and by him to George Fleming Reg^t at West Point who is to be accountable for the due application thereof. D^rs 2,336. The Secretary of War — W^m Simmons