[2] Smith's letter Philip Davis placed in the hands of John Staley, Supervisor at Baltimore to be paid to the said Ensign Mayfield accordingly — Jan^y. M Simmons Treas M^r George Davis Accountants Office Acct^g Surgⁿ Army & State May 22^d 1799 1000 Bay, New York Sir I have received your letter dated 20^th Instant enclosing your account for pay Subsistence & Forage which has been examined and after correcting the errors which were occasioned by calculating your pay & forage for the broken months of 30 days instead of 31, adds to the march, and the rations at 17 days of ration, for the whole time they were at 17 cts, both to 1^st march and after that period, amounted to 16 Cts 1 mile & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which makes the amount due only One Hundred Seventy four Dollars & [undecipherable] which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Supervisor at New York on your giving him the necessary receipts — Jan^y M Simmons Treas Nicholas Fish Esq^r May the 22^d 1799 New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One Hundred Seventy four Dollars & eighty two-cents, being for pay Subsistence & forage of George Davis Temporary Surgeons Mate in the Army of the United States from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to 20 may 99 inclusive, while attending the troops stationed at Port Bay, which sum you will please to pay to him, taking the necessary receipt — Jan^y M Simmons