John Chester Esq^r Supervisor Weathersfield Connecticut Accountants Office Oct^r 12^th 1796 Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 8^th inst. enclosing Capt Donald G. Mitchell's 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 West Point Accountants Office Oct^r 12^th 1796 Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 7^th Inst. your payment to the Corps of Artillorists & 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 Freeman West Point Accountants Office Oct^r 12^th 1796 Sir Your account and vouchers transmitted p^r your letter of the 3^d Inst. have been under examination, and the amount passed to your credit agreeably to your Statement except ten Dollars deducted from Staats Morris's acct for bringing Money from New York - the 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 publick's — The Balance therefore against you is 336 ³⁴/₁₀₀ Dollars — The ten Dollars you will have refunded by Capt. Morris I am &c W^m Simmons Acct. --- Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York Accountants Office Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 11^th inst. enclosing Joseph Cranch's receipt for D^rs 2028.26 Horatio R. Dayton's — — — — 52.—— Nehemiah Freeman's — — — — 2057.52 4147 ⁷⁸/₁₀₀ amounting to