[Nicholas Fish Esq. Accountants Office Supervisor May 12^th 1797 New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One Thousand two hundred and Seventy one dollars which you will please to pay to Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master at West Point, for the Pay of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers for April 1797, and take his duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c. Wm Simmons Acct. Nehemiah Freeman Accountants Office Temp^y Paymaster May 12^th 1797 West Point New York Sir The Pay Roll of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers for the month of April 1797 has been examined and after deducting the sum of Two Hundred & eight dollars, as per list enclosed, amounts to One Thousand two Hundred & Seventy one dollars; which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq. Supervisor New York on giving him duplicate receipts for the due application thereof. I am &c. Wm Simmons Acct.