Lieut James Tripplett Baltimore — Accountants Office April 24 Sir You will receive from John [undecipherable] Supervisor Baltimore the sum of one hundred & twenty Do[undecipherable] for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary [undecipherable] holding yourself accountable, being on account of the [undecipherable] Marines on board the Frigate Constellation — Sam D= [undecipherable] S^t Charles Hyde, Paymaster 1^st U.S. Rg^t Philad^t Accountants O[undecipherable] April [undecipherable] Sir You stands charged on the Books of th[undecipherable] as Paymaster of the 1^st U.S. Reg^t with upwards of one hundr[undecipherable] thousand Dollars, for the expenditure of which you have not re[undecipherable] any accounts. I have therefore to request, that you will give [undecipherable] attention thereto by rendering your accounts and vouchers [undecipherable] Office for examination without any delay, that the proper c[undecipherable] may be entered to your credit on the Books thereof — Sam D= [undecipherable] The Sec^y of War Accountants O[undecipherable] April [undecipherable] Sir I herewith hands you a copy of the l[undecipherable] to Lieut Charles Hyde, Paymaster 1^st U.S. Regiment, [undecipherable] on of his accounts, as they are of great magnitude & of long standin[undecipherable] is now in the city, I have thought it proper to make this comm[undecipherable] that a settlement of his accounts may be affected previous to his l[undecipherable] it — Sam D= [undecipherable]