[Lieu^t I. Visscher dated Aug 25. 1798 Received Sept. 25 ans. Same day] Fort Oswego August 25. 1798. Sir I have received your letters of the 24.^th and 20.^th Ult. I have also received a letter from M^r S. Lewis Sec^y enclosing 721^22/100 Dollars for the pay of the Troops at this post up to the 1.^st of July 1798— I am Sir Y^r very ob^t I. Visscher H Simmons Esq^r. Acc^t Depart of War [undecipherable] Days [undecipherable]ney 1..10 — @ 7 D^ls is 10.78¾ 14 0 — @ 13⅓ cents — 1.91⅓ 2.7 — 4. — 8. ~ 20.70. Ty 3.18 — @ 2 D^ls is 7. 20 Payne — 2.10 — 6. — 14. 80 Flood —. 21 — ..13⅓ Cents — 2.. 80 Patterson 2.9 — 4 D^ls — 9. 20 Deductions made from the above at the Acc^t office, to wit: Tiffany 12. Carty 4, Payne 9, Flood 9, & Patterson 4 Cents is — — — 38 [cents] Lieu^t V. is at a loss to know on what principle the above deductions have been made he has always been, and been wont to calculate a Serj^ts pay for any period less than a month at 22⅔ Cents p^r day a Corp — at .20 — a private — 13⅓ — If this principle is allowable, the above calculations are certainly [undecipherable] [260.21 249.81 [undecipherable]]