Lieu^t Manning Fischer Accountants Office Fort Oswego to the care of July 24 1798. John Meyer Es^q Rotterdam N.Y. Sir I received your letter of the 2 Inst. enclosing Muster & Pay rolls of the Troops under your command to the 30 June last inclusive which have undergone examination and the following is the result viz^t amount of both rolls as stated by you . . . . . . . . . . . . 682. 70 To which add agreeably to your request Pay of Richard Gofford Corp^l from 1 Sep^t to 26 Dec^r 97 . . . . . 23. 3 " John Kelly Private from 1^st Oct to 5 January 98 . . . . . 16. 64 722. 37 From which deduct the following overcalculations on pay of Curly 4 Tiffanny 12. Payne 9. Hood 9 & Patterson 4 Cents is . . . . . [strikethrough: ~] .38. 721. 99 which alterations leave an amount of seven hundred & twenty one Dollars & ninety nine Cents which sum will be transmitted to you by Samuel Lewis Jun^r Clerk in the War Office to whom you will be pleased to send the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable I am &c W Simmons Chas S