[direct Nehemiah Freeman Accountants Office] T. Paymaster April 2^d 1797 West Point Sir In absence of the Accountant on a Journey to New York, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18^th Inst. enclosing the Account and Receipts for payments made by you to the Soldiers indebted by the late Capt Gamble. The Balance of money remaining in your hands you will continue to hold for the Claimant. The amount forwarded was not entered to your debit on the Books of this Office but was considered as a private transaction between yourself and the executors The vouchers therefore forwarded will be held subject to their order. Sam^e Sir &c Peter Hagner Pr. Ckt. Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor - Boston April 2^d 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 11^th Inst. enclosing Capt Samuel Nicholsons rect. for D^rs 334. 20 and W. Smiths — [undecipherable] order and on % of John Bryant Dept. Com^r of Military Stores at Springfield 288. 37 Amounting to D^rs 622. 57 for which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office. You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of one hundred & twenty dollars which you will please to pay to the said John Bryant at Springfield being for his Compensation from 1^st Sep^t to 31 March 1797 and take