Accountants' Office October 22 1799 I certify that there is due to John & Coffin Surgeons Mate 1 Reg^t of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of seventy five dollars & ²⁵/100 being the amount of his accounts for payments he made for sundry supplies furnished while acting as Quarter master at the Post of Niagara & for am^t [margin cut] his expences coming from New York to Trenton & while remaining at the latter place attending to the settlement of his Public acc^ts from 27 Sep^tr to 21 Oct inclusive 1799 agreeably to order of Major Gen^t Hamilton — [signature] Dolls 75.25 The Sec^y of War — October 22^d 1799 I certify that in pursuance of directions contained in the letter of the Secretary of War, to the Accountant of the War Department, dated the 14 September 1799, relative to extra services rendered & supplies furnished in the Quarter Master Department, at the Post of Niagara I have examined the accounts & vouchers presented by John & Coffin acting Quarter Master at the said Post & find due thereon the sum of nine hundred & seventy [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable]/100 as appears by the following named Abstracts Viz — Abstract of Pay due sundry Soldiers for extra services in the Quarter Master Dep^t at Fort Niagara, between 17 May [undecipherable] 28 April 1790 for which Certificates were granted by