Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Accountants Office Supervisor Boston October 6^th 1797 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of five hundred dollars which you will be pleased to pay to M^r George Claghorne constructor of the Frigate Constitution building at Boston being for his compensation from 1 July to 30^th September 1797 inclusive and take his duplicate receipts therefor. The Treasurer will also remit you a further sum of One hundred eighty seven dollars & fifty cents which you will please pay to M^r Caleb Gibbs Clerk of the Navy Yard at Boston, it being for his salary from 1^st July to 30 September 1797 inclusive, and take the necessary receipts therefor. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^r M^r George Claghorne Accountants Office Constructor of the Frigate October 6^th 1797 Constitution — Boston Sir I received your letter of the 2^d Inst. containing a statement of your account for compensation from 1 July to 30^th Sept. 1797 inclusive amounting to five hundred dollars which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor at Boston on giving him the necessary receipts therefor. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^r