Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York Accountants Office Trenton August 22^d 1796 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of seven hundreds forty seven Dollars & [undecipherable] which you will please to pay to Lieut^t Nehemiah Fruman at West Point taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable, being for the pay & forage of the commissioned Officers & the pay of the non commissioned Officers & privates of a Detachment of the 1 Reg^t of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point for the month of July 1796 including the pay of two discharged men & retained bounty due to six Recruits — I am Sir &^c W Simmons Acct^r Lieut^t Peter Shoemaker of the 2^d U.S. Reg^t Frederick Town Accountants Office Trenton August 27 [undecipherable] Sir I have received your letter dated the 22 Inst^t enclosing sundry duplicate receipts for monies paid on account of bounty which will be filed subject to examination when your Recruiting account is rendered for settlement — I am &^c W. Simmons Acct^r