Cap^t Frederick Dye Governors Island near N.Y. Accountants Office Sep^t 8. 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 2^d Inst^t covering receipt Roll for July 1797 amount three hundred and seventy two Dollars and ninety seven Cents which will be passed to the credit of your account on the Books of the Office, also your Muster and pay Rolls for the month of August amounting to Three Hundred sixty Dollars and forty one Cents, which you will receive as usual from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor at New York to whom you will please give the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable. I am &c W^m Simmons acct NB: There is a difference between your Pay & Receipt Roll of four Dollars which arises from Serv^t Wright not having receipted for his pay.