[7] Capt Philip Church C A Del Camp & Mayor Gen Hamilton New York Accountants Office May 23 1799 Sir I have received your letter [undecipherable] enclosing by order of Major Gen Hamilton the muster Rolls of the Troops at Fort Niagara for the month of March 1788. [undecipherable] N Simmons [undecipherable] Mr Prest & Sprigg West Point Mar 16 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated 1[undecipherable] enclosing your account for pay for the months of March & April 1797 the amount thereof being sixty dollars has been paid agreeably to your order [undecipherable] previously. N Simmons Clmt [undecipherable] The Sec. of War May 27 1799 Sir The Commanding Officers at [undecipherable] Stations in the Harbor of [undecipherable] in the years 1797 [undecipherable] have drawn double rations under the 4^th Section of the act of the 3^d March 1797 entitled an act to amend & repeal in part the act entitled "an act to ascertain & fix the military establishment of the United States" which says and for each officer who commands a separate post there shall be allowed twice the number of Rations to which they would otherwise be entitled. I request to be informed whether the abovementioned Stations for [undecipherable] alluded to were considered as separate Posts & the commanding officers thereby entitled to receive double Rations — N S