Edw Carrington Esquire Accountant^s Superv^r Richmond, Virg^a February 1 Sir You will receive from the Treas[ury of] The United States the sum of two hundred Dollars [strikethrough: Dollars whi]ch [you] will be pleased to pay Lieutenant Ferdinand L Claiborne for [recruit] ing service, taking the proper receipts for the due applications — Sam^l &c W[undecipherable] P.S. Your letter of the 26^th Ult^o enclosing the receipt of Cap[t] Blackburn for 252 [D?] has just come to hand the receipt will be [d] Entered — Lieut Simon Gross Accountant^s O[ffice] of the Frigate Constellation February 1[undecipherable] Baltimore Sir I received from the War Office [an] Order in favor of M^r Joseph Sterrett for your pay and subsistence f[rom] 1^st September to 31^st December 1797 which has been paid to him am[ounting] to two hundred & thirty three Dollars & twenty Cents, it will howe[ver] be necessary that you forward a certificate from the Contractor tha[t you] have not drawn any subsistence for the times above charged, — you will Please to forward your accounts for Pay & Subsistence [to this] Office accompanied with the above certificate Sam &c W[undecipherable] Jon Jackson Esq^r Accountant^s O[ffice] Boston Sir February [undecipherable] I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] enclosing the receipt of Samuel Math Attorney to Capt [undecipherable] for five hundred & five Dollars & thirty Cents with the requisit[e] of Attorney from the latter to the former — the amount will be cr[edited] to your credit — Sam &c W[undecipherable]