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     I certify that there is due to the [indecipherable] and Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of Two Thousand three hundred and thirty six Dollars for their pay and forage [?] for the Month of May 1796 [???] which is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esq and by him to George [??] Esq at West Point who is to be accountable for the [?] there of .
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     I certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of Two Thousand three hundred and thirty six Dollars for their pay and forage for the Month of May 1796 which [???] is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esq and by him to George Flemming Esq at West Point who is to be accountable for the [?] application there of .
  
 
                     [D]  2,336                                                                        Wm Simmons
 
                     [D]  2,336                                                                        Wm Simmons
 
                     The Secretary of War
 
                     The Secretary of War