Capt James Bruff Accountants Office Commanding at July 28^th 1797 Niagara Sir I received your letter of the 21 Ulti[mo] enclo[sing] Muster and Pay Rolls of the Detachment under your [com]mand for may 1797 after examination the following [alter]ations have been made on the latter Viz: Amount as stated by you . . . . . . . . . 8[undecipherable] add - for Pay of James Tottingham private in your Detachment mustered present & pay not made up - Short added in L^t McLallen's Pay Roll . . - - 10 Deduct Extra Pay made up for Serg^t Nathan Baynard as acting Commissary . . . . inadmissible - - 1 Extra Pay made up for Serg^t R. A. Britt as 2^d. M^r Serg^t. none allowed by law to A & E. . . . 1 Extra Pay made up for W^m Farr as Senior Musician none allowed by law to a & E. 2/4 Amount brought up . . . - - - - - 817 Deductions brought up - - 11 - overadded in your own Pay Roll . - - 1 - 8 leaving a Balance to be paid of — Dollars 809- You will accordingly be guided by these alterations in making the Payments. The latter part of your last letter has been [undecipherable] in mine to you dated the 23^d Ultimo a duplicate of which you have enclosed. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct