Lt Jos. Quimpe Whetstone Point near Baltimore Sir Accountants Office March 1. 1797 Agreeably to your request in your letter to the Sec^y of War you will receive herewith, Muster, Pay and Receipt Rolls for the use of the Detachment under your Command. I am &c. Will^m Simmons Acct. Lt. Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master West Point Accountants Office February 17^th 1797 Sir I have received your letter of the 10^th inst. inclosing the Pay Roll for the Month of January 1797 of the Corps of Artillirists & Engineers stationed at West Point, from which a deduction of five dollars has taken place from the Pay of John [undecipherable] who has been made up as an artificer. If the Commandant will refer to the recruiting instructions of the Officers of the Corps he will find that [underline: Shoemakers] have never been considered as artificers. The balance being 5 [undecipherable] Dollars you will receive as usual from Nicholas Fish Esq^r on giving him the necessary Receipts. I am &c. W. Simmons T. Acct.