[472] of more than one of those appointments — You will in consequence of after the 20 Inst:^t the state of the aforesaid decision of the Sec of War receive the pay & emoluments to only one of the Staff appointments you now hold to wit: the pay & forage as a Paymaster — Jam Y^c W: Simmons Acct Lieut. [undecipherable: prob. Neph.] Truman Accountants Office Temp^y Pay master West Point July 28^th 1798 Sir Your account current with the vouchers therein referred to received per your letter of the 7 Inst:^t have undergone the necessary examination & found to differ from your statement in [a] sum of Ten Dollars, arising from a like sum short added on pay & Rec. Rolls of Captⁿ M^cKees company for April 1798. making the total amount paid to the Garrison at West Point from 1 January to 30^th April 1798 as per receipts amounting to Three thousand One hundred forty three Dollars & 20/. which sum will be passed to the credit of your account on the Books of this Office, leaving for your debit this sum of One hundred & forty Dollars & sixteen Cents — Jam: Y^o W. Simmons Acct: C Lieut. James Sterrett Accountants Office Pay Master 1^st Battalion A.B. July 28^th 1798 Sir It having been decided by the Secretary of that the Act of Congress of the 30 may 1796, to ascertain & fix the milita[ry