[page 75] Capt. [undecipherable] Accountants Office Fort [undecipherable] June 17. 1799 Sir The [bearer?] of this [undecipherable] to the account of [undecipherable] herein stating the sum to be paid, cannon has [undecipherable] him the sum of being [undecipherable] 44 "he has been [undecipherable]" This sum is [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] Dollar [undecipherable] superintendent at [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] you will therefore be pleased to cause him to call for payment accordingly — form &c W. S. S^t John M. Livingston Jr. June 17. 1799 New York You will receive from Nicholas [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] New York's daily Dollars, being for your pay for the months of Apr & May 1799, for which sum you will grant your [undecipherable] receipt — form &c W. S. Nicks Pick Co. June 17. 1799 [undecipherable] New York Sir The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of [undecipherable] dollars, which you will please to pay to S^t John M. Livingston Jr [undecipherable] stating his [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] being for his pay for [undecipherable] & May 1799 — form &c W. A.