Edw Carrington Esquire Accountants [Office] Superv. Richmond, Virg. 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 Som?] P.S. your letter of the 26.^th Ult^o enclosing the receipt of Cap^t [?] Blackburn for 252 [D]^o has just come to hand the receipt will be d[uly] Entered — Lieut^t Simon Gross Accountants O[ffice] of the Frigate Constellation February 1 [?] Baltimore Sir I received from the War Office 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 how[ever] be necessary that you forward a certificate from the Contractor tha[t you] have not drawn any subsistence for the time above charged, — you will Please to forward your accounts for Pay & Subsistence [to this] Office accompanied with the above certificate. Sam W^c W[?] for[?] Jon. Jackson Esq^r Accountants O[ffice] Boston February [?] Sir I have received your letter of the [?] [Ult]^o enclosing the receipt of Samuel Math[?] Attorney to Cap^t G[?] for five hundred & five Dollars & thirty [?] Cents with the requisit[ion] of Attorney from the Matter to the former — the amount will be m[?] to your credit. Sam^l &c W[?] for[?]