Lieu^t Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Paymaster West Point Sir I received your letter of the 30^th Ul[t] enclosing your account Current and the differ[ent] vouchers therein refered to which have under[gone] examination and the amount will be passed t[o] your Credit on the Books of this Office after dedu[cting] Henry Clark's account of nine dollars which is in[ad]misible; I return you the account herewith[s] a[nd] this deduction there will remain unapropri[ated] in your hands the sum of Three hundred Forty Four Do[llars] and ¹⁰⁰ agreeably to your own statement. Sam re W^m Simmons Acc^t Joshua Wentworth Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor July 12^th 1797 Portsmouth N.H. Sir The Treasurer of the United States [will] remit you the sum of One hundred dollars whi[ch] you will please to pay to M^r Edmund H. Quincy Supe[r]intendant of the navy Yard at Portsmouth N. Hampshire fo[r] Salary from 1^st April to 30^th June 1797 inclusive and take duplicate receipts for the same. Sam re W^m Simmons Acc^t