[237] Accountant's Office Dec [undecipherable] 1796 I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Alexander of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the balance of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [S^r [undecipherable]] W^m Simmons Act^t [The Sec^y of War] Accountant's Office Dec 13^th 1796 I certify that there is due to a Detachment of [undecipherable] for the service of the Ordnance Department the sum of [undecipherable] hundred [undecipherable] [undecipherable] being for three pays from [undecipherable] 1^st to [undecipherable] 30^th [undecipherable] 1796 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] New York and [undecipherable] to George Manning at West Point who is to be accountable [S^r 100/[undecipherable]] W^m Simmons Act^t [The Sec^y of War] Accountant's Office Dec 19^th 1796 I certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of three hundred [undecipherable] four Dollars and [undecipherable]/100 being for their Pay & Forage for the month of November 1796 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] New York to be by him paid to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Pay Master who is to be held accountable for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] thereof [S^r [undecipherable]] W^m Simmons Act^t [The Sec^y of War]