[underline: dollars & ⁶²/₁₀₀ being for his Salary, Subsistence and] forage from 1^st March 1797 to the 11^th may following as admitted and allowed by the Secretary of War.— 19^cts 26 32 . 40 28 . 26 D^rs 257.92 The Secretary of War 2072 W^m Simmons Acct Accountants Office May 12^th 1797 I hertify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of [underline: Twelve— Hundred and Seventy one dollars,] being for the pay and forage of the Commissioned Officers, and the pay of the Non Commissioned Officers and privates to the 30^th of April 1797: which sum is to be transmitted to nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor of New York; and by him paid to Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Paymaster at West Point who is to be accountable for the due application thereof. 1241 Pay 30 Forage 3078 D^rs 1271 in 1797 W^m Simmons The Secretary of War Acct Accountants Office May 12^th 1797 I hertify that there is due to Cap^t Richard I Blackburn Lieutenants John Saunders and James Triplett, Cadet Peter Lamkin and the non Commissioned Officers and Privates