M^r David Stodder Constructor of The Frigate Baltimore } Sir Accountants Office August 4^th 1796 Your Bill in favor of Samuel Sterett for 500 Dollars on the Secretary of War has been paid and charged to your account. I am at a loss to know the State of your account, of whom & when you received the money. I have to request that you will state an account Current and forward it to this Office, charging your salary from the date of your Acceptance & crediting the money received, particularly setting forth of whom & the time. I am &c. In absence of The Accountant Peter Hagner Prin^l Clk --- Lieu^t W^m Willson Governors Island New York } Sir Accountants Office August 5^th 1796 You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York, the sum of one hundred and twenty Dollars, being for the use of the recruiting Service and for which you will give him your duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor. James Irvine [undecipherable] Peter Hagner P.C. --- Nicholas Fish Esq^r Supervisor New York } Sir Accountants Office August 5^th 1796 The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum one hundred & twenty Dollars, which you will please to pay to Lieu^t W^m Willson at Governors Island being for the use of the Recruiting Service & take his duplicate receipts for the same to be accountable therefor. James Irvine [undecipherable] P. Hagner P.C.