Lieut^t Nehemiah Freeman L^d P^t M^r West Point Accountants Office 1798 Sir The Muster & Pay roll of the Garrison at West Point for February 1798, the receipt of which was acknowledged in my letter of the 26^th has undergone the necessary examination and the results as follows viz Amount of the Pay roll as stated by you . . . . . . . D^s 776.55 from which there has been deducted Pay of Elizabeth Russell, Matron — Dead — which will be paid to her legal representative at this Office . . . . . . . . $ — Pay of George Ernest — Private, from 1 November 1796 to 16 oct^r 1797 when he deserted, inadmissable — he forfeiting all arrearages of pay, by desertion, unless otherwise ordered by a court martial 37. 94 On the pay of Jacob Baker — viz: difference between pay of Artificer & Private, inadmissable — no person allowed the pay of Artificer unless he is a mechanic as specified by law; which does not appear to be the case of Baker. I therefore return you G^l Ranseys certificate respecting him . . . . . . . . . . $ — $30.94 725.61 amounting to Seven hundred, twenty five Dollars & sixty one Cents, which sum you will receive as usual from Nicholas Fish Esq^r supervisor at New York — on giving him the necessary receipts for the same, holding yourself accountable — I am &^c W Simmons acct^t [Page 253 YPU01]