[216] Capt. Richard H. Greaton Boston Accountant's Office Oct.^r 26^th 1796 Sir I rec.^d your letter of the 18^th inst enclosing your account for pay & Subsistence for September 1796 which has been examined & amount to fifty three Dollars & ⁵⁰/100, which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r. Supt. of Massachusetts on giving him duplicate Receipts for the same. As respects your allowance of Wood, it is not settled at this Office. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supt. Boston Accountant's Office Oct.^r 26^th 1796 Sir The Treasurer of the United States, will remit you the sum of Fifty three Dollars & fifty Cents, which you will please to pay to Capt. Richard H. Greaton at Boston, being for his pay & Subsistence for September 1796 & take his duplicate receipts for the same. I am &c W^m Simmons Acc^t Lieut. Nehemiah Freeman Compt. Pay Mast. West Point Accountant's Office Oct.^r 29^th 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 21^st Inst enclosing one to you from Capt. Staats Morris on the subject of my disallowing ten Dollars of his Account charged for his Expenses while remaining in New York for the money of the Corps — In answer to which, I have to observe that at the time the allowance of ten Dollars was first granted, it was thought