John Chester Eq^r Supervisor Wethersfield Accountants Office July 9^th 1798 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will give you 2 the sum of eleven hundred & fifty three dollars & [undecipherable], which you will be pleased to pay to Major John H Buells at [Harron?] for the following purposes — For his pay, subsistence & forage from the 1 October 1797 to the 30 June 1798 amounting to . . . . . . . . . . . . 979. [8?] for Subsistence of Major J. I. De Rivardi for March April & May 1798. . . . . . . . . . . . 187. [3?] & for pay of James Pecker, Waiter to Major Buell from 1 October 1797 to 30 June 1798. . . . . 36. — D^o 1153. 2[?] for which sums you will take separate receipts holding him accountable for the latter sum of 36 Dollars — Jam^s [undecipherable: McHenry?] [seal] --- Major J. I. De Rivardi Accountants Office July 9^th 1798 Sir I have received your letter (without date) and in answer have to inform you That the allowance of double rations to an Officer while commanding is considered to cover all expences which may accrue to him in consequence of such command, It is therefore That your contingent account is rejected — The due Bill of M^r Day will be sent to Buell together with the amount of your subsistence from the 1 Mar[ch]