Accountant's Office, July 1. 1796 I certify, there is due to Forman Cheesman— Five hundred Dollars being for his Salary as Constructor of the Frigate that was building at New York, from the 1^st of April to the 1^st June 1796 inclusive, the same has been Services drawn, agreeably to a letter from the Secretary of War to him Dated the 18 April W^m Simmons D^rs 500 The Secretary of War Accountants Office July 1. 1796 I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] late [Supt?] Constructor of the Frigate building at Norfolk the sum of [two/three] hundred [undecipherable] Dollars and forty eight Cents being for his Salary, June 1^st April to 1^st June 1796 inclusive — in which is included, Sundry contingent expenses incurred during said period. W^m Simmons D^rs 198 [undecipherable] The Secretary of War Accountants Office July 2. 1796 I certify there is due to Nicholas De [undecipherable] Forty Dollars being for the interest of his Compensation as [undecipherable] Engineer for the Month of June 1796 W Simmons D^rs 40 The Secretary of War Accountants Office July 2. 1796 I certify there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] Junction by Capt 23 — including Eight Dollars being for his pay from [C?] May [6?] to [1^st?] [undecipherable] inclusive under to [undecipherable] W Simmons The Secretary of War