M^r George Claphorn Navy Constructor Boston Sir Accountants Office January 9^th 1798 I have rec^d your letter of the 5^th Inst with your salary account annexed from 1^st October to 31^st December 1797 inclusive amounting to five hundred Dollars; which sum you will receive as usual from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor at Boston on your giving him the necessary receipts for the same — Sam^l & W Simmons Acct^t Jonⁿ Jackson Esq^r Supervisor Boston Sir Accountants Office January 9^th 1798 The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of six hundred eighty seven Dollars and fifty Cents five hundred of which please to pay to M^r George Claphorn Navy Constructor at Boston it being for his salary from 1^st October to 31 December 1797 inclusive — and one hundred eighty seven Dollars 100 C^t to M^r Caleb Gibbs being for his salary as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Boston — and take their respective receipts — Sam^l & W Simmons Acct^t M^r Caleb Gibbs Cl^k Navy Yard. Boston Sir Accountants Office January 9^th 1798 Your letter of the 31^st Ult^mo was duly received enclosing your salary account as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Boston from 1^st October to 31^st December 1797 inclusive amounting to one hundred eighty Seven Dollars and fifty Cents which sum you will as usual receive from Jonathan Jackson Esq^r Supervisor at Boston on giving him the necessary receipts for the same — Sam^l &^c W Simmons &^c