Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York. Accountants Office April 23 Sir The foregoing is a copy of a[?] [undecipherable] intended to have been forwarded to you but has been [undecipherable] for want of Appropriations for the 1^st and last sums in [undecipherable] Year— as the Appropriations have been suspended so long, I have to forwards the sum for M^r Fleming which [is] for services [undecipherable] last Year— You will accordingly receive from the Treasurer of the [undecipherable] the sum of ninety six dollars & twenty five cents, which you [undecipherable] be pleased to pay to M^r Fleming accordingly— Sam &o [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The above letter alludes to one dated 21 February 98 Pag^e c^o 242 George Fleming Esq^r:— West Point, N.Y. Accountants Offi[undecipherable] April 23 Sir You will receive from Nicholas [undecipherable] Supervisor New York, the sum of ninety six dollars & twenty f[undecipherable] which you will be pleased to pay to Thomas Hughes being [undecipherable] of his account for making Iron works for Gun Carriages at [undecipherable] Point from 21 October to 31 December 1797, taking his [undecipherable] for the same— Sam &o W^m Simm[undecipherable] Act[undecipherable]