L^t Nehemiah Freeman Department of War J. S. M. Accountants Office West Point August 16^th 1797 Sir Herewith you will receive the acct. current of Lieut^t David Hale accompanied with a letter to him open for your perusal — also a letter to Captain Alex^r Thompson on the subject of his account — — as it appears by Muster Rolls lately received from West Point that Lieut^t Hale is on furlough, I have to request you will be pleased to seal the letter & transmit the same to him at his present place of abode — the other you will give Cap^t Thompson as early as possible. I am &c. W^m Simmons acct. Capt^t Alex^r Thompson — Department of War West Point Accountants Office New York August 16^th 1797 Sir I wrote you last on the 20^th may — enclosing you duplicate Copy of your account current requesting you would lose no time in sending forward Vouchers for the balance due the United States thereon, on which subject I have frequently wrote you. — In pursuance to a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3^d march 1797 I am required to lay before them within the first Week in January next, an abstract of all those who stand charg'd