Lt Jos. Guimpe Whetstone Point. near Baltimore Sir 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 Hair 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 Acct.