Department of War Accountants Office December 8^th 1798 Sir I have received Musters & Pay Rolls of the Troops at Niagara under the Command Major Rivardi for the month of october 1798 which has undergone examination the result whereof is as follows— Am^t of Pay Roll & Station of Maj^r Rivardi ……… Doll^s 230. 45 from which has been deducted the Pay Claimed by Surg^ns Mate J. G Coffin as Hosp^l Quart^r Mas^r (inadmissible) $10 — the Pay of yourself to be settled in a seperate acc^t …… 10. — overcalculated in the Pay of Maj^r Shinner pr^d [strikethrough: 7. 50. 7] Doll^s 230. 38 leaving an Amount of two hundred & thirty Dollars & thirty Eight cents p^r Receipt Roll herewith, which you will please to pay accordingly out of the unappropriated monies remaining in your hands. I am Sir, your Most Obt Serv^t Wm Simmons Cap^t Alexander Thompson Niagara — [Turn over] N.B. I have transmitted to Major Rivardié an extract of a Letter to me from the Comptroller of the Treasury for his government — Viz^t "In case an Inspector shall be present, "the Muster Rolls are to be certified by him "accordingly, but in case no Inspector shall be "present, the Muster Rolls are to be certified by "the two senior officers of the Company or Corps "in case so many shall be present. — I have accordingly transmitted herewith blank Muster Pay & Receipt Rolls for that purpose. — I am Sir with regard your Ob^t Serv^t Wm Simmons Captain Thompson