[224] Capt James Reade Accountants Office Fort Jay August 1² 1799 Sir I have recev your letter of the 30 Ult with their inclosures, since which your account N^o has been stated at[?] by himself for your government by which there appears a balance against you of one hundred seven Dollars & [undecipherable] cts which sum will be [shown?] in the debit [figurd?] account on the Books of this Office — Sam [undecipherable] N d Nichs Fish Esq^r August 14 1799 Supervisor New York Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Two Hundred &fifty Dollars which you will please to pay to M^rs Amelia Thompson at New York taking the necessary receit for the same being on acct of the pay of her husband Capt Ale^r Thompson — Sam [undecipherable] N^o 2 M^rs Amelia Thompson August 14 1799 New York — Madam You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York the sum of Two hundred &fifty Dollars being on account of the Pay of your husband, Capt Ale^r Thompson — for which favor you will be pleased to grant your duplicate receipt — Sincerely [undecipherable]