Cap^t Frederick Frye Accountants Office Governors Island - N York March 3^d 1797 Sir You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor at New York the sum of Three hundreds and Sixty Nine Dollars and Eighty five cents being the Amount of the Pay Roll of the detatchment under you Command, as their Pay for the Month of February 1797 for which you will please to give him the necessary Rec^t. Wm Simmons Acct Lt Col^t St M^r Rochejontaine Accountants Office West Point March 4 1797 Sir I recieve your letter of the 27 Ult^o: inclosing two Claims for balances of bounty — Joseph Heas may be paid by M^r Freeman for which I will give him the necessary directions — as respects Spafforbes I have invariably made it a rule to deduct all pay due to a deserter — where a balance of bounty is due I conceive it should be paid, if the United States have not been at any expence in apprehending him, if they have then the amount to be deducted, and the balance (if any) be paid to the — Claimants this will govern accordingly in the present case, you will inform M^r Freeman of the amount (if any) which is to be paid after the necessary deductions. — I have to request that in the muster Ro[ll] for the Month of February as well as all subsequent must the proper Officer be directed to note opposite the names of each Artificer, the Trade or occupation which he profe[sses]