Capt^t Richard H. Greaton Accountants Office Boston May 1^st 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 1^st Inst: enclo[undecipherable] your Ac for Pay & Subsistence for April amounting to [undecipherable] Dollars, and John Ramsay's order in your favor for his [undecipherable] for January, February, March & April 1797 amounting [undecipherable] 16 Dollars, both which sums as well as the sum of $[undecipherable] being for two months pay in advance you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq Supervisor Boston on giv[undecipherable] him duplicate Receipts for each sum. You will be indulged with relinquishm[undecipherable] of 20 Dollars per month from your monthly pay, the payment of which will take place at this Office your power of Attorney [strikethrough: of Attorney], when you forwa[undecipherable] 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[undecipherable] be regulated by the Secretary of War Saml. W. Simmons Acct^t