Accountants Office December 21. 1797 I Certify that there is due to Buck Francois the sum of two hundred eighty five dollars & ninety two Cents being the amount of money advanced to him on account of the pay of the non com^d Ordinary Seamen on board the Frigate United States which sum is deducted from the pay of the Individuals on general Settlement the 21^st December 1797 W Simmons Acct Dollars 285.92 pay of the Navy The Secretary of War --- Accountants Office December 21. 1797 I Certify that there is due to Thomas J Van D[undecipherable] y be Smith in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of Sixteen Dollars & fifty Cents being so much paid by him for apprehension & charges of pursueing John Bell a deserter from Lieut^t Andersons detachment that detachment & who is now confined in Harrisburg Goal & for hire of a horse to go to Shell Island Fort to attend a general Court Martial by order of the Secretary of War W Simmons Acct Sm^d about pay WD October 30 in 1797 The Secretary of War