Edw Carrington Esquire Accountants [Office] Superv^r Richmond, Virg^a February [undecipherable] Sir You will receive from the Treas[undecipherable] the United States the sum of two hundred Dollars [strikethrough: Dollars] whi[undecipherable] will be pleased to pay Lieutenant Ferdinand L Claiborne for [undecipherable] 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 [undecipherable] Blackburn for 252 [undecipherable] has just come to hand the receipt will be [undecipherable] Entered — Lieu^t Simon Gross Accountants O[ffice] of the Frigate Constellation February 1[undecipherable] Baltimore Sir I received from the War Office [undecipherable] Order in favor of M^r Joseph Sterrett for your pay and subsistence [undecipherable] 1^st September to 31^st December 1797 which has been paid to him am[undecipherable] to two hundred & thirty three Dollars & twenty Cents. it will howe[undecipherable] be necessary that you forward a certificate from the Contractor tha[undecipherable] have not drawn any subsistence for the time above charged; — you will Please to forward your accounts for Pay & Subsistence [undecipherable] Office accompanied with the above certificate Sam^l &^c W[undecipherable] Jon. Jackson Esq^r Accountants O[ffice] Boston February [undecipherable] Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] Ult^o enclosing the receipt of Samuel Maith Attorney to Cap^t [undecipherable] for five hundred & five Dollars & thirty Cents with the requis[undecipherable] of Attorney from the latter to the former — the amount will be [undecipherable] to your credit — Sam^l &^c W[undecipherable]