M^r Nehemiah Freeman Accountants Office I.P.M. Jan^s 17^th 1797 West Point Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 10^th Instant. The amount of the Pay Rolls for December and Subsistence Account have been examined and the amount as you state found just, being Twelve hundred and seventeen Dollars and thirty four Cents which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r as usual and give him the necessary Receipts. The amount of the two Accounts enclosed in your letter for the Apprehension of James Mackadue Ten Dollars & seventeen Cents you will please to pay out of the unappropriated monies in your Hands — As regards the bringing of the Money from New York to West Point I should be glad to have a statement of the monies necessary to be expended on the occasion by any Officer who is ordered there for the purpose, from this it will be determined whether any increase for expenses is necessary. Sam^ple W^m Simmons Acct Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Jan^y 17^th 1797 New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Twelve hundred and seventeen Dollars and thirty four Cents which you will please to pay to Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master, being for the Pay Subsistence & Forage of the Commissioned Officers and for the Pay of the non Commissioned Officers and Privates of the Garrison of West Point for the month of December 1796, and take his duplicate Receipts for the due application thereof. Sam^ple W^m Simmons