James M^cHenry Esq^r Accountants Office Secretary of War November 16^th 1797 [Cancelled, see letter to George Fleming on the same subject — page 54 —] Sir M^r Fleming at West Point has forwarded to this Office for payment an account of Thomas Hughes from 1^st July to 30^th September for Iron Work for Gun Carriages under the direction of Col^o Rochefontaine — 77 days @ 1/ £42.7 — Certified by the Col^o — I require to be informed whether Col^o Rochefontaine is authorised to employ Men in addition to the Artificers Stationed at West Point for that duty, and if his certificate should be received a Sufficient voucher for the payments I am &^c W^m Simmons