Brought forw^d 437 to Lieut. Horatio N. Dayton at Elizabeth Town being for his Pay & subsistence for January 1798 — 34 G^t 477 for which sums you will obtain the necessary receipts holding the Officers accountable — I am &^c W Simmons C^k Cap^t Fryes pay for January 98. included in this letter was sent on 11 May 98. subs Edward Carring ton Esq^r Accountants Off^e Superv^r Richm^d May 8 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of four hundred ninety seven Dollars & thirty Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Lieut^d Ferdinando L. Claiborne at Richmond Barracks taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable being for pay of himself and detachment for December 1798 — I am &^c W Simmons C^k Cap^t Fred^k Frye Accountants Off^e Governors Island near N.Y. May 11. Sir The muster & Pay Rolls for the and detachment for January contained in your Letter of the 13^th ult^o undergone the necessary examination and have been found right you will accordingly receive the amount of the latter in a draft on M^r Nicholas Fish Esquire supervisor at New York Don't your the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable for the Sum of hundred & thirty one Dollars & eighty one Cents — I am &^c W S [Cancelled]