Captⁿ Cornelius Lyman Accountants Office 2^d US Regiment. March 2^nd 1797 Springfield Massachusetts Sir I received your letter of the 21^st Ult^o. William Allens Pay has been made up from the 1 Sep. 1796/ the time he was last paid to the 28^th Feb^y 1797 inclusive, being six Months and the amount Twenty four Dollars has been paid to your Brother the Hon^t W^m Lyman who is to transmit the said Williams Allens Receipt for the same to this Office — I am &c W^m Simmons Acct.