M^r Samuel Heath Accountants Office Roxbury August 10^th 1797 near Boston Sir I received your letter of the 1[undecipherable] requesting me to forward Thirty dollars being the sum relinquished by Cap^t Greatons to you, when I a[undecipherable] to the relinquishment it was on the express terms [undecipherable] payment should be made before a certificate ar[undecipherable] here from the Paymaster General stating that su[undecipherable] should be deducted from Cap^t Greatons Pay as it [undecipherable] due, it is therefore unnecessary to make applica[undecipherable] untill such certificate comes to hand of which y[undecipherable] will be informed Sam &c: W^m Simmon[undecipherable] Acc[undecipherable]