Captⁿ Richard H. Greaton Accountants Office Boston May 15^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 1^st Inst. enclo your a/c for Pay & Subsistence for April amounting to 5 Dollars, and John Ramsays order in your favor for his Pay for January, February, March & April 1797 amounting to 16 Dollars, both which sums as well as the sum of $80 Dol being for two months pay in advance you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor Boston on giving him duplicate Receipts for each sum. You will be indulged with relinquishment of 20 Dollars per month from your monthly pay, the payments of which will take place at this Office your power of Attorney of [strikethrough: Attorney] when you forward the proper Certificate of the Paymaster of his having deducted the amount from your pay on the Rolls. The Rations your waiter may be entitled to mu be regulated by the Secretary of War Sam ro. W. Simmons Acct^t Edward Carrington Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor May 12^th 1797 Richmond, Virginia Sir The Treasurer of the United States, will remi you the sum of Three Hundred thirty one dollars and [undecipherable]/100