Major J.J.U. Rivardi West Point New York Accountants Office Sept^r 14. 1796. Sir! The Sec^y of War has thought proper to advance you a further sum of two hund^d & twenty Dollars which with the sum of 232⁸⁵/100 Dollars make a balance of 452⁸⁵/100 due the United States. You will therefore please to observe that to have your pay endorsed on any of the Pay Rolls till the whole is accounted for. You will receive the above sum of 220 Dolls from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Sup^r New York on giving him duplicate Receipts to be accountable therefor. I am &c Wm Simmons Nicholas Fish Esq^r Sup^r New York Sir Accountants Office Sept^r 14. 1796. The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of two hundred & twenty Dollars which you will please to pay to Major J.J.U. Rivardi being an advance made him on account of his pay and for which you will please to take his duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor. I am &c Wm Simmons Capt. Geo Ingersoll Boston Sir! Accountants Office Sept 14. 1796 I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3^d inst. and am sorry that there should be any difference of opinion on the propriety of the charges in your Subsistence account, — the price you charged while in Boston cannot possibly be admitted. — it cannot be considered the price of a ration from the circumstances that rations were furnished in that place — A gentleman in Boston who supplied a small recruiting party with rations was certainly atto[undecipherable]