Nehemiah Freeman                      Accountants Office Temporary Paymaster                 April 17^th 1797 West Point New York Sir I received your letter of the 11^th Inst. with its enclosures. The Pay Roll for March together with the Subsistence % due sundry Officers, has been examined, and after deducting therefrom 15[undecipherable] dollars (as per list herewith) amounts to Nine hundred & eighty seven dollars [undecipherable]; which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York, on giving him duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. I am Sir &c. Wm Simmons Acct^t