forage of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point for the month of Nov. 1796 which sum you will please to pay to Lieut. Nehemiah Freeman Temp^y Pay Master, taking his duplicate receipts to be accountable. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct Capt. Fred^k Frye                                  Accountants Office Gov^t Island — New York                      Dec^t 20^th 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 16^th and enclosing the Muster Roll of your Detachment to the 15^th Nov^t 1796 amounting to Two hundred thirty four Dollars & sixty Cents, which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. — Francis Clarke's pay as fifer for the month of Oct^r is sent on to West Point — Charles Stratton & Samuel Oberst are not made up in the West Point Roll, for Oct^r; you will therefore make them up in your next Pay Roll for that month; you may muster your men as a detachment until the Company is compleat. — Herewith you have Blank Pay, Muster and Receipt Rolls. I am &c W^m Simmons Acct Lieut Nehemiah Freeman                            Accountants Office West Point                                              Dec^t 21^st 1796 Sir I rec^d your letter of the 14^th & 12^th Inst. — I have examined the contents of all the Receipt Rolls, which I acknowledged to have received, but cannot find the Claims you say were enveloped with that for the arrears of Pay & Bounty — you will therefore please to examine your files, & if you find them enclose them to me. — The Pay Roll for Nov^t has been examined, and the amount found due as you mention is three hundred & forty three Dollars 50/100 which sum you will receive from Nicholas Frink Esq^r as usual and give him the neces