tion, they will be referred to this Office for final examination & entry, of this you will be duly informed. The remps for Two thousand Dollars you paid to M^r Craig, came duly to hand & was placed to the credit of your account on the Books of this Office 23 April 1797. & balance your account for that amount of which you are the [undecipherable: Junior] herewith Long Sam^l B^d W.S. Nicholas Fish Esq^r Accountants Office dep^y New York October 12, 1799 Sir In order that the acc^t of Captⁿ Nathaniel Freeman may be finally closed on the Books of this Office, I will be obliged that you transmit the Vouchers of the United States the balance found to you by this Office amounting to Doll^rs 19.²² Sam^l B^d W.S. Israel Chapin Esq^r October 14^th 1799 Agent of Indian Affairs Canandaigua Sir By a letter just received from the Secretary of War in answer to one from me, requesting to be informed whether Jasper Parish Interpreter was in service from 1 March to the 31 August 1799, & at the rate of 300 Dollars p^r annum, I am advised to ascertain the fact of service for the period charged for, by calling upon you for a certificate, as Agent of Indian affairs for the six Nations of Indians — Urgently I must permit me to request that you will serve me accordingly — as the account will remain suspended until