[Duplicate sent him May 30^th 1798] Amasa Davis Esq.^r Accountants Office Boston November 30^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 16^th Inst.^t with its enclosures. before I can proceed with the examination of your accounts, you will be pleased to furnish me with written Authority under which you have made the expenditures Sam^l &c W Simmons M^r Charles Watrous Accountants Office Surgeons Mate, New York November 30^th 1797 Sir Your draft in favor of M^r Joshua Coe for four hundred, and thirty two Dollars for your pay and forage for 1796. was presented at this Office. I have suspended the payment until you forward your Account, accompanied by a certificate of the Pay Master as to what time you have been paid. If you should not be in possession of such certificate, Your deposition before a Magistrate must be annexed. Sam^l &c W Simmons Lieut.^t Robert Rowan Accountants Office New York November 30^th 1797 Sir Your pay for the months of September, October, and November 1797 amounting to, ninety Dollars has been remitted to Nicholas Fish Esq.^r Supervisor of the Revenue at New York, which Sum you will receive from him on giving your duplicate receipts Sam^l &c W Simmons