Nicholas Fish Esq^r Sup^t — New York Accountants Office Jan^y 3^d 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Five hundred seven Dollars & sixty eight Cents, which you will please to pay to Cap^t Frederick Frye at Gov^rs Island; being for the Pay of himself, Lieutenant Will^m Wilson, Samuel Osborn Surgeons Mate and the Detachment under his command; for the month of Dec^r 1796, and take his duplicate Receipts for the due application thereof. Jam^es Mc W. Simmons Acct --- Lieu^t Col^s Upton Rochefontaine West Point Accountants Office Jan^y 4^th 1797 Sir The Administrators of the Estate of the late Captain Gamble wishing to make a final Settlement of all her Public Accounts — and having been informed, that there are men under your command and at that Point who hold due Rolls for arrears of Pay & Bounty, for which he has rec^d a Credit here — I have to request that you will have the Claims forwarded to me without delay, and if it is possible I will remove their obstructions from the Concerned. — I have undertaken this, that the Soldiers may not be defrauded out of his hard earned Wages. Jam^es Mc W. Simmons Acct --- Frederick Frye West Point Accountants Office Jan^y 5^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 2^d Inst enclosing your account for Compensation as Assistant Store Keeper at West Point; for [&c]