[277] Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor N. Y. Accountants Office April 10 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One hundred Dollars, which you will be pleased to pay to Lieut David Hale taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable for the due application of the same, it being for the use of the Recruiting service — Sam S W Simmons Acct S The Secretary of War Accountants Office Sir April 10^th 1798 Captain Joseph Brock having forwarded his accounts to this Office for settlement, I have to request, to be informed if he is yet in service; or if not, to what time he was considered in Service that I may be governed accordingly in passing his accounts — Sam S W Simmons Acct S M^r Caleb Gibbs, Accountants Office Cl^k of the Navy Yard, Boston April 17, 1798. Sir I received your letter of the 31 Ult^t enclosing your salary account from 1 January to 31 March 1798 amounting to One hundred eighty seven Dollars and fifty Cents - which sum you will receive as usual from Jonathan Jackson supervisor at Boston on your giving him your duplicated receipts for the same — Sam S W Simmons Acct S