Accountants Office Sept^r 3^d 1798. I Certify that there is due to John Slele Coxswain & the Crew of the Public Barge employed at Mud Island Fort the sum of Sixty four Dollars being for his & their pay for August 1798 which sum ispa[id] to L^t Theodore memenger per order — incid^t & Cont^l expences # 7 ... D^t 64. — W Simmons Acct^t The Sec^t of War: W^t 3179. Accountants Office Trenton September 3[?] I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Ar[tillery] & Engineers stationed at Mud Island Fort under the command of Maj^r Lewes Seward the sum of six hundred & thirteen Dollars & ⁹⁶/₁₀₀ being [for] the pay & forage of the Commissioned Officers & the pay of the non comm[issioned] Officers & Privates of the said Detachment for the month of August 179[8] wh[ich] sum is to be paid to Lieut^t Theodore Meminger who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof — Pay of the Army for 1798 .... 607.96 Forage of Officers ............ 6. — Dollars 613.96 W Simmons Acct^t The Sec^t of War — W^t 3181.