[225] John Chester Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Oct 12^th 1796 Wethersfield Connecticut Sir I rec^d your letter of the 8^th Inst enclosing Capt Donald G. Mitchells receipt for Fifty six Dollars & 20/100 which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. George Fleming Esq^r Accountants Office West Point Oct 12^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 7^th Inst. — your payment to the Corps of Artificers & Engineers for the month of May has been examined & your Account stands balanced for that transaction by charging the 116 Doll to L^t Freeman which you refunded. — That part of your letter relative to disbursing monies on the requisitions of Col. Rochefontaine I have shown to the Sec^y of War, who will give it due consideration; and you will be informed of the result. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. L^t Nehemiah Froman Accountants Office West Point Oct 12^th 1796 Sir Your account and vouchers transmitted per your letter of the 13^th Inst have been under examination, and the amount passed to your credit agreeable to your statement except ten Dollars deducted from Stearls Morris's acct for bringing Money from New York — this sum formerly allowed was considered as an equivalent for transportation from West Point to New York & back, the expences were not considered to be allowed. If an Officer remains any time at New York it must be at his own expence and not at the public's — The Balance therefore against you is 326.³²/100 Dollars — The ten Dollars you will have refunded by Capt Morris. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor New York Sir I rec^d your letter of the 11 inst enclosing Joseph Cranch's receipt for D^rs 2028.26 Horatio R. Dayton's — 52— Nehemiah Freeman's — 2057.52 D^rs 4157.²⁸/100 amounting to