[receive from Nicholas Fish, Paymaster New York, upon giving the necessary receipts —] Sam^eo N^o S. Pay master General to the Troops of the U.S. Sir In reply to your notes of this date, the following are the remarks on the Officers accounts therein mentioned — 17^th. — Capt. Peter Shoemaker pay for June & July 1799 will be included in an account to be Settled at this Office — Lieut James Dovers recd. about 21 Months for 40 Dollars on account of his pay, antedated his appointment & has not made up any Pay rolls — Jacob Meloni Lieut. M. Pike } their accts. Stand good, each paid to 31 May 99 Morris Fleminger No it Grrenfields M^r. R. Bond } paid to 30 June 1799 William Fallis Charles Watertoncraft's acct. to 31 May — Stands charged with Doll. 100 advanced to defray the expenses of marching kept Dovers account at Natchez — Cadet "John C. Morrison" paid on Capt Alludes rolls to 31 May 1799 — he has no account on the Books of this Office — Department of War Accountant's Office May 8^th 1799 W. S.