[224] Nath^l F. Fitch Accountant's Office Collector Portland M^e August 7, 1799 Sir The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Seventy four Dollars [undecipherable] for, being due [undecipherable] for his extra pay of Surgeons Mate at West Point from 11 June to 23 Sept 1796. [undecipherable] payment of [undecipherable], forward from [undecipherable] West Point to Portland which sum is to be [undecipherable] to you for the [undecipherable] of paying the said [undecipherable] upon his [undecipherable] you the [undecipherable] receipt one of which you will forward to this Office — Jam^s W^t [undecipherable] Arch^d Fitch August 5 1799 Sup^t New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of ninety eight dollars & [undecipherable] for which you will please to pay George Davis late Temporary Surgeons Mate, taking the necessary receipts being for balance of pay of George from 21 May to 26 July 1799 the day he resigned whilst attending the troops at Fort Jay & Governors Island, agreeable to the Certificate of Major [undecipherable: probable reading Adam] Hoops — Jam^s W^t [undecipherable] M^r George Davis August 5 1799 New York Sir I have rec^d your letter of the [undecipherable] instant making your account for pay of [undecipherable] which has been examined after notifying your small error mentioned by your enclosing the 21 May for which day you were paid in last settlement the amount found due you is 71 [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] you will [undecipherable]