[344.] Accountant's Office January 9 1801 M. Fred. S. Huy M[undecipherable] Points Sir In application to Nicholas Fish Esq Deputy [for?] New York you will receive the sum of ninety dollars for your salary from 1 Oct to 31 Dec[ember] 1800 for which sum you will please to grant your Receipt Sam B [undecipherable] Nich Fish Esq January 9^th 1801 Dep. New York Sir You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of ninety dollars to be paid to Fred Huy Assistant [undecipherable] now here at this Board for his salary from 1 Oct to 31 Dec 1800, for which send your instructions to take his duplicate receipt — Sam B [undecipherable] D.^r Nich. January 10^th 1801 [undecipherable] Watson Esq in [undecipherable] — Sir I have [undecipherable] the subject of Compensation to [undecipherable: Capt] Richards for performing the duties of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] resolved in [undecipherable] that his services bears no comparison to those of [undecipherable]. The former received this money in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] by this Agent War Department in [undecipherable] his duties were [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the money to the [undecipherable] this money. Whereas the latter was in a more responsible situation, his [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Rolls have been on the drawing of [undecipherable] for the payment of