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 112⁹⁰/₀₀ D^s for amount of which I now return yo[undecipherable] [undecipherable]aft on the Branch Bank of New york which I hop[undecipherable] you will receive safe I am Sir v[undecipherable] W^m Simmons Cap^t Sam^l Nicholson Accountants Office of the Navy of the US. July 17, — 1797 Boston Sir I received your letter of the 10^th Instan[undecipherable] answer to which I have to observe that the deduction [undecipherable] of 1⁰⁰/₀₀ D^s was on account of an overcharge in your ac[undecipherable] for the Quarter ending 31^st March 1797 am^t [undecipherable] D^r 33[undecipherable] Pay for Jan^y Feb^y & march . . . . . . . . 225 Subsis^ce for same period — 90 days @[undecipherable]a[undecipherable] [undecipherable] day is 5/10 Rations a 20 Cents . . . . 108 [underline: 33[undecipherable]] leaving a balance against you of —— on the Books of this Office which will be closed by [undecipherable] deduction from your last account. There have been a number of settle[undecipherable] amounting to D^r 334⁹⁰/₀₀ but in every instance there w[undecipherable] one day more than in the Quarter ending 31^st Mar[undecipherable] [Page 149 YOQ01]