[Cancelled — see Pags. 303, & 309.] Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor: New York Sir The Treasurer of the United [undecipherable] remit you the sum of, two hundred, ninety three Dollars & thirty [undecipherable] which you will be pleased to pay as follows viz: 1^st 153. 2. to Ensign William R. Boots at New Brunswick, New [undecipherable] for pay of himself & recruits for Decem^r 97 & January 1[undecipherable] 96. 25. to George Fleming, Ordnance & Military Store keeper, [undecipherable] of Thomas Hughes account for making Iron work for [undecipherable] at West Point from 1^st October to 31 December 97 — 44. 9. to ditto being for pay of the Detachment of [undecipherable] of the Ordnance Department at West Point for Janu[undecipherable] 293. 36 for which you will be pleased to obtain the nece[undecipherable] the parties accountable — Sam W^m [undecipherable] Lieut^t [undecipherable: Ferd^d] L Claiborne Accountants Office Richmond, V^a May 8^th 17[undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 12 [undecipherable] Pay rolls for December & January last of the Detachment under [undecipherable] which has undergone the necessary examination & the following [undecipherable] viz: Amount of both as stated by you exclusive of fractional parts to which add short calculated on Pay of Jeremiah Millington [undecipherable] from which deduct for over calculations on the pay of the following men viz Chatham Charles . . . . . . . . . . . 21. John Corby . . . . . . . . . . . 22. William Corner . . . . . . . . . . . 21. John Gorman . . . . . . . . . . . 22. William Haynes . . . . . . . . . . . 22. which leaves an amount of four hundred, ninety seven Dollars & thirty, four Cents which sum you will receive from Edward Carrington [undecipherable]