dollars & 80c being for his Salary, Subsistence and forage from 1^st March pay to the 11^th May following as admitted and allowed by the Secretary of War — 19[undecipherable] 2b 32. 4b 28. 2b [strikethrough: Dol 287. 0[undecipherable]] Wm Simmons The Secretary of War Acct. Accountants Office May 13^th 179[undecipherable] I certify that there is due to the Corps of [undecipherable] 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 28^th of April pay; 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 applications thereof 241 Pay 50 Forage [strikethrough: Dol 1271 in Pay] Wm Simmons The Secretary of War Acct. Accountants Office May 12^th 179[undecipherable] I certify that there was due to Capt Richard R [undecipherable] Lieutenants John Saunders and James [undecipherable], and [undecipherable] Lamkin and the non Commissioned Officers and Privates