Nath^l Macon Esq^r D.W. Accountants Office March 28. Sir In answer to your note of yesterday to know if the pay of Jesse Dodds had been drawn, I would beg to inform you that a soldier who was discharged before the 1^st of 10 was not entitled to any other than their nominal pay in Co. Currency, [strikethrough: which] which was generally paid at the time into the hands of the Pay master of the Regiment to which they belonged, and as was no want of money at that period I have no doubt but received all that he was entitled to, but it would be attended with considerable trouble at this period to ascertain the payment to him Sam Og^d M. Cap^t Staats Morris Fort Whetstone P^t. near Balt^e Accountants Off. Sir I duly received your letter of enclosing the muster & Pay roll of the Detachment under your co for February 1798 the latter amounting to Three hundred & th Dollars you will receive as usual from John Kelley, Esq^r Superv Baltimore on giving him the necessary receipts — Sam D^e. off Cap^t Fred^k Frye Governors Island. New York Accountants O May [undecipherable] Sir The Pay roll of the Detachment und command and the subsistence account of the Officers for Febru undergone the necessary examination & amounts to Three hundre Dollars & forty two Cents, which sum you will received as usual fro Esq^r Supervisor at New York on giving him the necessary receipts theref