[72.] Accountants Office December 19. 1797 I Certify, that there is due to [undecipherable] Claiborne [undecipherable], [undecipherable] Cocke [undecipherable], and the [undecipherable] under the command of [undecipherable] Claiborne, stationed at Richmond, the sum of four hundred [undecipherable] dollars & [undecipherable], being for his and their pay to the 30 November 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington [undecipherable] Supervisor Richmond Virginia to be to be him paid to [undecipherable] Claiborne who is to be held accountable [by?] the [undecipherable] Pay of the Army. W Simmons Acct The Secretary of War Accountants Office December 20. 1797 I Certify that there is due to the Officers Petty Officers [undecipherable] & Marines on board the frigate United States commanded by Cap^t. John Barry the sum of seven hundred & [undecipherable] two dollars & forty seven cents being for the balance of their pay from the commencement of their services to the 1^st December 1797 which sum is to be payable William Mac Rea [undecipherable] of Marines who will be held accountable for the [undecipherable] thereof. W Simmons Acct The Secretary of War