Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor Boston Department of War Accountants Office 22 July 1796 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you five hundred Dollars which you will please pay to George Claghorne Constructor of the Frigate building at Boston, being for his Salary from 1^st April to 30 June 1796 incl^d for which sum you will please take Duplicate Receipts I am &c In absence of the Acc^t Peter Hagner p^r Cl^k George Claghorne Naval Constructor Boston Department of War Accountants Office 22 July 1796 — Sir Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor will pay you the sum of five hundred Dollars being for your Salary from 1^st April to 30^th June 1796 incl^d — for which sum you will sign Duplicate Receipts — — I am &c In absence of the Acc^t Peter Hagner p^r Cl^k David Jones Esq^r [undecipherable: probable reading "Springfield"] Massachusetts Accountants Office July 23^d 1796 — Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable] Inst accompanied by the accounts and vouchers therein mentioned which will be examined and the amt will be [undecipherable] to your Credit on the Books of this office of this you will be informed I am &c P. Hagner p^r Cl^k