[153] Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor New York 27 July 1794 Sir The Treasury of the United States [undecipherable] upon the sum of Four thousand Dollars which [undecipherable] Please pay to Geo: [undecipherable: probable reading "Flemming"] Esq^r at West point on account of Repairing and rebuilding Barracks and Store Houses at that Garrison — and take his Duplicate Rec^t to be accountable — I am &c In absence of the Accountant Peter Hagner [undecipherable] Capt Geo: Ingersoll Accountants Office, West Point 27 July 1794 New York — Sir The Secretary of War handed me Your letter of the 21 Inst. enclosing your account of pay and Subsistence to the 30 ult. In answer thereto I have to inform You that as no Certificate from the Pay Master Shewing the Date you were [undecipherable] in the Army having not arrived, I return the account to you to attest thereto Before the Commanding Officer and then the balance will be paid by Mr [undecipherable: probable reading "Flemming"] — By referring to the Accountants letter to you of the 30^th of April last you will there see the objections to the settling your Subsistence account — Since that period Capt Turner who was on furlough at [undecipherable] the same time you were has had his account settled and was allowed but 12 Cents per Ration for the year 179[undecipherable] and 15 Cents for the present year. The accountant has offered to settle upon like on better terms for you — If you will therefore State your Account at 13 Cents per Ration from the Time you left the Army until [undecipherable]