[143] Jon.^s Jackson Esq. Supervisor Boston Sir Accountants Office January 4. 1798 The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the Sum of three hundred and thirty five dollars and forty Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Captain Samuel Nicholson taking his duplicate receipt for the same. it being for his Pay & Subsistence from 1^st October to 31^st December 1797 Sam S.^c W Simmons Acct. Cap.^t Samuel Nicholson of the Navy of the United States Boston Sir Accountants Office January 4 1798 I duly received your letter of the 25. Ulti^mo enclosing your account for Pay and Subsistence from 1^st October to 31^st December 1797 amounting to three hundred & thirty five dollars & forty Cents which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq. Supervisor at Boston on your giving him the necessary receipts Sam S.^c W.^m Simmons Acct. Cap.^t Fred.^k [undecipherable: probable reading Frye] Governors Island N. Y. Sir Accountants Office January 4. 1798 I received your letter of the 2. Inst. enclosing the Receipt Roll for November and the Muster & Pay Roll for December 1797 of the Detachment under your command you will be duly credited for the amount of the former on the Books of this Office being three hundred forty four dollars & [undecipherable] the Pay Roll for December has been examined and after deducting the Subsistence amounts to 568.90 which sum you will as usual receive from Nicholas Fish Esq. on giving your duplicate receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof. The Subsistence has heretofore been remitted