Lieut. Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master Accountants Office West Point Sir January 29^th 1798 I rec'd your letter of the 16 Inst. enclosing Musters & Pay Rolls for November & December of the Detachment at West Point also the Subsistence accounts of the Officers of the said Detachment for October November & December 97. the former have undergone the necessary examination and the following is the Result Viz — amount as Stated by you (including retained Bounties) — — — 1535.79 Bro't Forward — — — — 15 From which deduct Pay claimed & made up for Geo. Ernest from 1^st Novem. 1796 to 31^st Oct. 97 which is withheld until a detail of the circumstances of his joining at West Point is obtained & until he gives evidence of having served for that Period, as he is not mustered present on the Rolls of the Reg^t that he is alledged to have served in, on the Contrary he is noted to have deserted in none of him — 45.— Pay of Geo. Wallers for September — which was transmit'd to Lieut. Marschalk [with whom he enlisted] who has not [held from?] any document to shew that the Same was not paid by him [to Walter] — 4.— Premium paid to Geo. Braphridge for apprehending Tom Darrig to be deducted from his pay agreeably to the sentence of the Court Martial — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 10.— Overcalculated on his pay? — — — — — — — — — — — — — .80 Balance of Bounty claimed by & made up for him and for which he has receipted to Capt. Morris — — — — 3.50 14. Pay of Patrick Powers for Septem. made up in the Roll and for which he has receipted to Capt. Frye — — — — — — — — — 4. Balance of Bounty claimed by W^m Bates & for which he has receipted to Capt. Edward Miller — — — — — — — — — — — 4. Balance of Bounty claimed by James Johnson to be withheld until Lieut. Rodrigues [who enlisted him] informs that the Same is due him — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 12. leaving due on the said Pay Rolls the amount of — To which add amount of Subsistence Accounts of the Officers from 1^st October to 31^st December 1797 inclusive which are returned enclosed herewith to govern you in making the payments and to obtain the necessary receipts on them — — — — — — — — — D [undecipherable] making in all seventeen hundred & ninety four Dollars — which Sum you will receive in the usual manner from Nicholas Fish Esq. at New York on giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accoun[table] Sam'l &c W. Simmons