[Accountants Office] Lieu^t Nehemiah Freeman Temp^y P.M. West Point August 19^th 179[–] Sir I received your Letter of the 15^th Inst. accompanied by the Pay Roll of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for the month of July which has been examined, and after making sundry Deductions therefrom amounts to Two Thousand four hundred & twenty eight Dollars 11/100 (includ[ing] Subsistence 165 60/100) agreeably to the enclosed List of differences which sum as usual will be remitted to Nicholas Fish Es^q Sup^t New York — You to be held accountable on the Recei[pt] thereof. I am &c. Wm Simmons Ac[countant] Deductions Major J Rivardi: Pay to be settled in personal account havi[ng] received 3 mo. pay in advance . . . . . 55. — Cap^tn Geo. Ingersoll . . . . . . . . . . . . do in personal Ac . . . 307. 10 Henry Clarke Private allowed but 7 Dollars Pay as Serg^t . . . . . . 5.58 charged 5.25 allowed diff — .3[3] W^m Kelley only allowed privates pay 5.84 charged 4. — allowed diff — 1.8[4] Samuel Osburn Surg^t mate Pay charged from 1^st of June — and did not accept before 7^th of June. his pay will therefore only commence on that day . . . 72 charged 64.80 allowed diff — 7.2[0] Sum charged in Pay Roll 2633.97 D^s 371.40 allowed & remitted — — — 2262.51 Diff 371.40 Subsistence 165 60/100 — Sent on — — — Total 2262.5[1] 165.6[0] Examined P. Hagner P. Clk. 2428.1[1] --- Nicholas Fish Es^q } Accountants Office Sup^r New York } Sir August 19^th 179[–] You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of Two Thousand Four hund[red