Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office New York Trenton August 29^th Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of four hundred & fifty Dollars to be paid to Captⁿ Alexander Thompson at West Point on account of his pay for which sum you will as usual take the necessary receipts I am &^c W Simmons Acct^t Captⁿ Alexander Thompson Accountants Office West Point Trenton Aug^t 29^th Sir The settlement of your account is susp[undecipherable: suspended] until the Office returns to Philadelphia, owing to my not being abl[undecipherable: able to] ascertain the just amount of pay which may be due to you, the for[undecipherable: former] Pay rolls of the Garrison of West Point were left in that City, as soon as a settlement takes place you will be made acquainted therewith — The Secretary of War has issued his War[undecipherable: Warrant] in your favor for four hundred & fifty Dollars on account of your pa[undecipherable: pay] which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r supervisor [undecipherable] New York, granting your duplicate receipts for the same — I am &^c W Simmons Acct^t