Accountants Office August 18^th 1797 I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of One thousand & twenty six dollars & forty two Cents being for the pay & forage of the Officers and the pay of the Non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Corps for July 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor at New york to be by him paid to Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Paymaster at West Point who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same. Pay of the Army for 97 066.42 Forage . 60 . D^rs 1026.42 Wm Simmons The Secretary of War Acct --- Accountants Office August 17^th 1797 I Certify that there is due to Capt Richard J Blackburn Lieutenants John Saunders & James Toppell, Cadets Peter Jumbkin & Thomas Blackburn, Sargeons Mate David Patterson and the non commissioned Officers and Privates under the command of Captain Blackburn stationed at Fort Noyeck the sum of [underline: three hundred & sixty two Dollars and sixty cents] being for his pay and their pay extending former of Sargeons Mate letters for July 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington Supervisor, Virginia, to be by him paid to the said Capt Blackburn who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same. [undecipherable] 361.48 [undecipherable] 1.12 The Secretary of War Wm Simmons