[Endorsement:] George Claghorn Esq^r Inspector of Frigate [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Oct [undecipherable] 1796 [undecipherable] Salary William Simmons Esquire Accountant Office Philadelphia Navy Yard Boston Oct: 10^th 1796 Sir, I have forwarded my account for the am't due [strikethrough: your directions that I may receive the money] will oblige your Obedient Servant George Claghorn William Simmons Esquire Philadelphia Boston Oct: 10^th 1796 The United States To George Claghorn D^r. to my Salary as Constructor from the 31^st of Aug't. to the 30^th of Sept: 1796 being one months and to one hundred Sixty Six dollars 60½ Cents Errors Excepted 166 60½ George Claghorn William Simmons Esquire Accountant Philadelphia