Sam^l Nicholson Esq^r Capt of the Navy Boston Accountants Office Oct 1. 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 26^th Ult^o enclosing your acct for pay & subsistence from 1^st July to 30^th Sept^r 96 incl: amounting to 335 Doll^s & 40 cts which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor Boston giving him duplicate receipts for the same I am &c W^m Simmons Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor Boston Accountants Office Oct 1. 1796 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Three hundred Thirty five Doll^s & 40 cts which you will please to pay to Sam^l Nicholson Esq^r Capt of the Frigate building at Boston, being for his pay & Subsistence from 1 July to 30 Sept^r 1796 inclusive I take his duplicate Rec^ts for the same I am &c W^m Simmons The Honorable Sec^y of War Accountants Office Oct 3^d 1796 The Accountant of the War Department agreeably to a request from the Register of the Treasury transmitted to him on the 13 Sept^r an Estimate of the Monies necessary for the Salaries & Contingent Expenses of his Office for the year 1797 — The following is a Copy thereof. W^m Simmons For Estimates see Letter Book pages 193 Augusta de Grasse Sub Engineer Accountants Office Oct 3^d 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 1^st inst. enclosing your account for Compensation as Sub Engineer to the Fortifications at South Carolina, from 1^st July to 30 Sept^r 1796 inclusive amounting to Two hundred & thirty Doll^s which sum you will receive from Dan^l Stevens Esq^r Supervisor Charleston, on giving him duplicate receipts as usual I am &c W^m Simmons