James Van Ingen Esq^r Phil^a July 17, 179[undecipherable] Albany D Sir I received yours of the 1^st Inst. enclosing a [undecipherable] for 112^{[undecipherable]} D[ollars] for amount of which I now return yo[u] [undecipherable: dra]ft on the Branch Bank of New york which I hop[e] you will receive safe I am Sir y^o W^m Simmons Capt Sam^l Nicholson Accountants Offic[e] of the Navy of the US. July 17. — 1797 Boston Sir I received your letter of the 10^th Inst[ant] in answer to which I have to observe that the deduct[ion] of 1^{[undecipherable]} D[ollars] was on account of an overcharge in your ac[count] for the Quarter ending 31^st March 1797 am[oun]t[ed as be]low — D^rs 33[undecipherable] Pay for Jan^y Feb^y & march . . . . 225 Subsis[tence] for same period - 90 days at [undecipherable]: [undecipherable] day is [undecipherable] Rations a 20 Cents —— 108 33[undecipherable] leaving a balance against you of —— [undecipherable] on the Books of this Office which will be closed b[y] deduction from your last account. There have been a number of settl[ements] amounting to D^rs 334^{[undecipherable]} but in every instance there we[re] one day more than in the Quarter ending 31^st Mar[ch] [Page 149 YOQ01]