Accountants Office March 21 1797 I Certify that there is due to Samuel Nicholson Captain in the Navy of the United States the sum of [underline: five hundred and thirty four dollars and twenty Cents] being for his Pay and Subsistance from 1 January to the 21^st March 1797 inclusive, which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor at Boston to be by him paid to the said Sam^l Nicholson. $^d275 Pay }of the Navy ^d100 Subsistance S^t $^d534²⁰ Wm Simmons The Secretary of War Acct Accountants Office April 1. 1797 I Certify that there is due to John Bell the sum of [underline: One hundred sixty seven dollars and fifty Cents] being for his Compensation as Clerk of the Navy Yare at Philadelphia from 1 January to 31, March 1797 inclusive. $^d167⁵⁰ Wm Simmons The Secretary of War Act Accountants Office April 5. 1797 I Certify that there is due to Joshua Humphreys the sum of [underline: five hundred Dollars] being as Compensation as Constructor of the Private Dockyare at Philadelphia from 1 January to 31 March 1797 inclusive, which sum is payable to John Scott his Order. $^d500 Wm Simmons The Se^cy of War Acct