Accountants Office Oct 6^th 1796 I certify that there is due to the Recruits under the command of Capt William Rickard at Tarborough in North Carolina, the sum of four hundred seven dollars & fifty seven Cents; being for their pay to the 31^st of August 1796: which sum is payable to M^r J.G.S. Schenck who holds himself accountable for the delivery thereof to the said Captain Rickard who is to be accountable for the due application of the same. D^rs 407 57/100 W^m Simmons The Sec^t of War Acct. Accountants Office Oct 7^th 1796 I certify that there is due to Joshua Humphreys the sum of five hundred Dollars, being for his Compensation as Constructor of the frigate building at Philadelphia from 1^st July to 30^th September 1796 inclusive. W^m Simmons D^rs 500 Acct. The Sec. of War Accountants Office Oct 7^th 1796 I certify that there is due to Caleb Gibbs the sum of one hundred eighty seven Dollars 50/100 being for his Compensation as Clerk of the Navy yard at Boston from 1^st July to 30^th September 1796 inclusive, & for postage of a Letter from Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor of Massachusetts. W^m Simmons D^rs 187 50/100 Acct. The Sec. of War Accountants Office Oct 7^th 1796 I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Shoemaker and the men under his [undecipherable] the sum of one hundred twenty nine Dollars 12/100 being for his & their pay to [undecipherable] September 1796 inclusive: the said [undecipherable] Shoemaker to be accountable for the due application thereof. W. Simmons D^rs 129 12/100 Acct. The Sec. of War