Jonathan Jackson Supervisor Boston Accountants Office April 7. 1798. Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Two hundred & twenty five Dollars, which you will be pleased to pay, to Cap^t Samuel Nicholson, and take his duplicate receipts therefor, it being for his pay from 1 January to 31 March 1798 inclusive — Sam^l S[?] W Simmons Acct Capt Samuel Nicholson of the Navy of the U.S. Accountants Office April 7. 1798. Sir I received your letter of the 26 ult^o enclosing your account of pay & Subsistence from 1 January to 31 March 98 inclusive. the latter has been suspended until the price of the Naval Ration for 1798 is fixed by the Secretary of War, [undecipherable] contract, the amount of the former you will receive as we write from Jonathan Jackson Supervisor at Boston on giving him your duplicate receipts for the same — Sam^l S[?] W Simmons Acct The Hon^ble Nath^l Macon in Congress Accountants Office April 7. 1798. Sir In consequence of your exhibiting to this Office the Certificate of Captain William Parsons in support of the Claim of John I. Branham a private in the late 5 Reg^t Dragoons and by him endorsed in favor of Roderick Bigelow [undecipherable] Richland County, State of South Carolina 24 March 1789. upon which I have caused [back dated 1^st May 98]