Captⁿ James Read                 July 17^th 1799     Fort Jay,         Sir The Secretary of War has thought proper to report in your favor the sum of three hundred & twenty three Dollars & ¹⁵/100, being for pay of yourself & Company, for the months of May & June, which you will dispose of accordingly — noting the following alterations which have been made in the Pay Rolls — Am^o: Pay roll for May p^r your Statement . . . . D^rs 164.— Am^t Cont^d: $ 164.— Add this Sum short calculated in pay of Joel Davis Priv^t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . —.8. Add this d^o . . . . d^o in pay of Dan^l Parker Jun^r: Priv^t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . —.7                                           —— .15                                           ——— 164.15. Deduct the pay of Arch^d: R Kasen Priv^t:         discharged and paid at this Office . . . . 5.—                                           ——— 159.15. (Amount pay rolls for June p^r your Statem^t . . . 194.— Deduct pay of Levi Pearce, p^t: the time he         surrendered himself, not being known . . . . . . 30.—                                           —— 164.—                                           D^rs 323.15 The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of to Nicholas Fish Sup^r: New York from whom you will receive it upon granting your receipts to be held accountable for the due application thereof. You will be pleased to forward with the next rolls a Certificate shewing the times that Levi Pearce surrendered himself & to what time he has been paid, Enclosed is a receipt roll which you will please return when payment is effected ~ Sam &c. W. S.