[224] Nath. T. Ferbish Accountants Office Collector Portland M. August 7. 1799 Sir The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Seventy four Dollars [undecipherable]/100 being due M^r [undecipherable] for his extra pay of Surgeons Mate at West Point from 11 June to 23 Sept 1796, for [undecipherable] from West Point to Portland which sum is to be transmitted to you for the purpose of paying the said M^r [undecipherable] upon his accounting you the necessary receipt one of which you will forward to this Office — Jam: W [undecipherable] S Arch: Fish August 5 1799 Dep^t. New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Seventy eight dollars & [undecipherable]/00 which you will please to pay George Davis late Temporary Surgeons Mate taking the necessary receipts being for balance of pay of [undecipherable] from 21 May to 26 July 1799 the day he resigned while attending the troops at Fort Jay & Gridiron Islands, agreeably to the Certificate of Major Adam Hoops — Jam W [undecipherable] M^r George Davis August 5 1799 New York Sir I have rec^d your letter of the 8^th [undecipherable] notifying your accounts for pay of [undecipherable] which has been received [undecipherable] notifying your small error mentioned by your enclosing the 21^st May for which day you was paid in last settlement the amount found due you is 78 [undecipherable]/00 which I remit you will