Nath^l. Macon Esq^r Accountants Office March 28[undecipherable] Sir In answer to your note of yesterday [undecipherable] to know if the pay of Jesse Dodds had been drawn and by w[undecipherable] to inform you that a soldier who was discharged before the 1[undecipherable] was not entitled to any other than their nominal pay in C[undecipherable] Currency [strikethrough: which] which was generally paid at the time into the [undecipherable] of the Pay master of the Regiment to which they belonged; and [undecipherable] was no want of money at that period I have no doubt but [undecipherable] received all that he was entitled to, but it would be attended [undecipherable] considerable trouble at this Period to ascertain the payment to [undecipherable] Sam D[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Cancelled] Captⁿ. Staats Morris Accountants Off[undecipherable] Fort Whetstone P^t. near Balt^e Sir I duly received your letter of [undecipherable] enclosing the Muster & Pay roll of the Detachment under your co[undecipherable] for 7 February 1798. the latter amounting to Three hundred [undecipherable] Dollars you will receive as usual from John Skelly, Esq^r. Su[undecipherable] Baltimore on giving him the necessary receipts — Sam D[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Captⁿ. Fred^k. Frye Accountants O[undecipherable] Governors Island New York May [undecipherable] Sir The Pay roll of the Detachment und[undecipherable] command and the subsistence account of the Officers for Febru[undecipherable] undergone the necessary examination. it amounts to Three hundr[undecipherable] Dollars & forty two Cents, which sum you will receive as usual from [undecipherable] Esq^r. Supervisor at New York on giving him the necessary receipts the r[undecipherable]