Accountants Office December 7, 1798. I certify that there is due to Michael G Houdin M S k at Albany the sum of eighty six Dollars &²/100 being balance due him on settlement of his account of disbursements, which sum is to be paid to Mr Samuel Hodgdon per order of the said Michael G Houdin — D^rs 86. 2 W. Simmons Acct^t D^t War The Secretary of War --- Accountants Office Decem^r 7^th 1798. I certify that there is due to Tobias Lear Secretary to the Commander in Chief Lieut. General George Washington the sum of Three hundred fifty nine Dollars & twenty eight cents being for his pay Subsistence & Forage from the 1^st September (the date of his appointment) to the 30 November 1798 W. Simmons Acct^t D^t War Pay of the Army 225 — Sub^s & of d^o 98.25 Forage 36 — Dolls 359.25 The Secretary of War N^o 3503.