[145] boo'd from a° D° 393. 96 [undecipherable] Ins roll for June [undecipherable] D° 291. M Deduct this sum overentered in your debit account 3.70 d° this d° d° in S° [undecipherable] advances d° 2.56 4.36 [undecipherable] 188.56 [undecipherable] Order 169 – 30 The treasurer of the United States has transmitted the amount to Nicholas Fish, paymaster New York upon whom you will receive it upon giving your receipt to be held accountable for the [undecipherable] application [undecipherable] — By a law of Congress of the 5^th March last [undecipherable] reduction in the price of some of the component parts of the rations, it has of course been reduced on the same proportion. Your subsistence account and that of L^t [undecipherable: Rodriguez] has been calculated at 16 Cents 1 [undecipherable] mills, the reduced rate at [undecipherable: New York] which received the difference above stated — Inclosed is a blank receipt which you will please return to this Office as soon as Payment is effected — June 18 W S Cap^t James [undecipherable: Stelly] Fort [undecipherable] Sir July 17 1799 The Secretary of War has thought proper to give allotment on your favor for Four hundred sixty two Doll & 5/100, being for pay of gratuity allowance for the months of May & June 1799 — which you will dispose of accordingly, noting the following alterations which have been made on the Pay roll — amount of pay roll for may of your [undecipherable] to 426.60