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-Caleb Swan Esq<sup>r</sup>
+Nicholas Fish Esq<sup>r</sup><br>
-Paymaster gen<sup>l</sup>
+Supervisor<br>
+New York<br>
-Department of [undecipherable]
+Department of War<br>
-Accountants Office
+Accountants Office<br>
-May 21<sup>st</sup>-1796-
-Sir
-Lieu<sup>t</sup> Blue of the Cavalry sometime since
-presented an account for settlement for his pay as Lieu<sup>t</sup> Adjutan
-and Quarter Master and for his forage - the pay was rejected on[undecipherable]
-the old established [undecipherable] of not allowing [undecipherable] [undecipherable] capacitiy
-and a Question arrose whether he was [undecipherable] to forage in any but
-that of a Lieut as the act [undecipherable] [undecipherable] "when forage shall
-not be [undecipherable] by the public" I contened that forage was - furnished [undecipherable] by the public as a lieut andconsequently he
-was not entitled to any further allowance the [undecipherable] was [undecipherable]
-to the attorney gen<sup>l</sup> who has decided against the claim so you
-will observe by the enclosed copy of his decision I sand you
-this for your government in future on this [undecipherable]-
-The attorney [undecipherable] is of the opinion that every forage in
-kind, or money is [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] by the public they
-officer though doing the duty of different appointments is not
-entitled io forage but in one.
-I am etc.
-William Simmons
-<hr>
-Nicholas Fish Esq<sup>r</sup>
-Supervisor
-New York
-Department of War
-Accountants Office
 May 25-1796-
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 The Treasury of the United States wil
 remit you - One hundred and seventy eight Dollars being for the pay
-of  Lieut Horatio [undecipherable] Dayton and the men under his command at--
+of  Lieu<sup>t</sup> Horatio R Dayton and the men under his command at--
 Governors Island [undecipherable] to the 30<sup>th</sup> April 1796 inclusive which  [undecipherable]