[435] Samuel Nicholson Esq^r Accountants Offi[ce] Cap^t in the navy of U^d S March 31 1797 Boston — Sir I receive your letter of the 24^th Instan[t] enclosing your account for Pay and Subsistence to the 31 March instant inclusive amounting to 334^20/100 Dollars, whi[ch] sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Supervi[sor] at Boston on giving him the necessary Receipts for th[e] same. Sam^re Wm Simmons Acct. Jon^a Jackson Esq^r Accountants Offi[ce] Supervisor. Boston March 31^st 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States w[ill] remit you the sum of Three hundred and thirty four dollar[s] and twenty Cents which sum you will please to pay to Cap[^t] Samuel Nicholson of the Navy of the United States taking ne[cessary] duplicate receipts for the same being for his Pay and Subsistence from the 1^st January to the 31^st March 1797 incl[usive]. Sam^re Wm Simmons Acct. Cap^t John Pierce Accountants Offic[e] of the Corps of Art[illery] April 1^st 1797 Sir Brigadier General Wilkinson previo[us] to going to the Army delivered me the included Letter wi[th] directions to have it forwarded to you, he at the same [time] [Page 429 YNB01]