taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable being for pay & forage of the commissioned Officers the pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Corps, for retained bounty due to two Recruits & for amount of Rations due to L^t P^t Dransy & Philip Rodrigue from the 1 April to 30 June 98 Sam^l W Simmons Acco^t Lieut^t Nich^s Freeman West Point New York Sir, Accountants Office July 9^th 1798. You will receive from Nicholas Seth Esq^r Supervisor New York the sum of six hundred twenty eight Dollars & ⁷/100 being for pay, & forage of the commissioned Officers, the pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the Garrison at West Point for retained Bounty due to two recruits, & for amount of Rations due to Lieut^t Peter A (Dransy) & Philip Rodrigue from 1 April to 30 June 1798 — For which sums you will grant your receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof — The extra pay claimed for Jacob Baker 1^st has been made up in Cap^t M^cRee's Pay rolls for the month of May last & sent on — The pay claimed by Samuel Eaton as artificer in Cap^t Littlefields Company & that claimed by John H Brownson Private in Cap^t Ingersols Company are both withheld until a decision thereof can be obtained from the Sec^y of War — Your pay as L^t & Adjutant for June 98 has been paid to