[54] Accountants Office November 21^st 1797 I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] la Costa the sum of eight hundred and thirty eight Dollars and thirty seven Cents being the amount of his account of Salary and expences in travelling to and from head Quarters for the purpose of Instructing Gunners for the United States agreeably to directions from the Secretary of War. Dollars 838. 37 The Secretary of War W Simmons A.A. Accountants Office November 10^th 1797 I hereby certify that there is due to the Estate of [undecipherable] late a [undecipherable] in Cap^t Williams' [undecipherable] the sum of twenty eight Dollars and thirteen Cents being for balance of pay due to him from the 1^st April to the 4 November 1797 the day he was killed which amount is payable to [undecipherable] by virtue of a letter of attorney from [undecipherable] Here [undecipherable] to the aforesaid [undecipherable] Wm Simmons A.A. Dollars 28. 13 The Secretary of War Accountants Office November 21^st 1799 I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] establishment of the United States and Regiment [undecipherable] for the service of the Ordnance Department at least [undecipherable] the sum of thirty dollars and fourteen Cents being [their?] pay for October 1799 which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] Nicholas [undecipherable] supervisor, New York to be by him [paid?] to George [undecipherable] Ordnance and Military Store keeper at West Point who is to [undecipherable]