[Frederick Spitz / rec'd 18 ulti[m]o / ans.] West Point March 13^th 1797 Sir, Agreable to Instructions I receiv'd from Capt. Fleming I transmit you a statement of his [strikethrough: undecipherable] will perceive the sum earned by Col. Rochefontaine's Team, the names of the Men who drove it, and the Payments made by Capt. Fleming. With Respect I have the honor to be, Sir Your most Humb^le Serv^t, Frederick Spitz William Simmons Esq^re. Accountant of the War Dep^t. D^r Col. Step. Rochefontaine in account 1795 Dec^r 17^th To Cash paid for a barrel of Cyder £ 2 1 0 1796 Jan^y 21^st To 2 bush^ls of Corn a. 9/ —————————— 0 18 0 25 To 2 bush^ls of Ditto a. 9/ —————————— 0 18 0 30 To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 Feb^y 2^d To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 4 To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 6 To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 9 To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 11 To 2 bush^ls of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 18 0 12 To Cash paid Nehemiah Chavers ———— 5 5 0 15 To 1 bushel of Corn a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 17 To 1 bush^l of Ditto a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 18 To Cash paid Timothy Ketchum for a Sum of [undecipherable] the 24^th of Dec^r last. } 6 0 0 To 56 sheaves of Oats a. 6^d —————————— 1 8 0 20 To 1 bush^l of Corn a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 23 To 1 bush^l of Ditto a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 24 To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 [strikethrough: To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ ——————— 0 9 6] 29 To 1 bush^l of D^o a. 9/ —————————— 0 9 0 March 2 To ½ bush^l of bran a. 2/6 ———————— 0 1 3 To ½ bush^l of Indian Meal a. 9/ ———— 0 4 0 5 To 1 bush^l of bran a. 2/6 ———————— 0 2 6 To ½ bush^l of Indian Meal a. 9/ ———— 0 4 0 Carried Over £ 29 8 9 with George Fleming of West Point C^r 1796 March 15^th By his Team's Work for the Publice to the 29^th of Feb^y last, as p^r } £17 17 6 receipts of John Rogers his Teamster June 20^th By his Team's Work for the Publice to the 18^th of May last inclusive, as p^r receipts of John Knowles his 23 19 6 Teamster ———————————————————— August 5^th By his Team's Work for the Publice to the 1^st of July last, as p^r Re= } 13 15 9 =ceipts of John Knowles his Teamster x £1. 10. 9 of this Sum deducted at [undecipherable] Carried Over £ 45 12 9 1796 Amount Brought Over —————————————— £23 8 9 March 11^th To Cash paid John Cromwell for a Sun of May ———————————————— } 7 0 0 12^th To Cash paid for 3½ bushels of Corn ———— 1 13 6 14 To Ditto p^d Nehemiah Chavers for sledding 2 Loads of Hay a. 18/ ———————————— } 1 16 0 15 To D^o p^d John Rogers —————————————— 1 12 0 April 5 To D^o p^d John Rogers —————————————— 0 16 0 7 To D^o p^r for 13 bush^ls of Oats a. 4/9 ———— 3 1 9 18 To D^o p^d for 21 bush^ls of Oats a. 4/9 ———— 4 19 9 May 27 To D^o p^d Isaac Garrison for 4 C^wt of Hay and sledding of it ———————————— } 1 10 0 June 23^th To D^o p^d John Knowles —————————————— 0 16 0 Aug^st 5 To D^o p^d John Knowles —————————————— 0 8 0 Nov^r 17^th To D^o p^d Rich^d Mc. Conics ———————— 1 9 6 28 To Cash ———————————————————— 12 0 0 Dec^r 8^th To Ditto p^d Rich^d Mc. Conics for driving Team } 2 16 0 1797 13^th To Cash ———————————————————— 23 0 0 Jan^y 3^d To Cash p^d A. Mc. Conics ———————— 1 8 6 To Cash ———————————————————— 9 5 6 17 To Ditto p^d A. Mc. Conics ———————— 0 11 0 Feb^y 14 To D^o p^d A. Mc. Conics ———————— 4 0 6 £ 101 12 9 Balance due Col. Rochefontaine 36 11 1½ £ 138 3 1½ The Above is an Extract from my Books —