Lieu^t James Shipplett Baltimore Accountants Office April 24 Sir You will receive from John [undecipherable] Supervisor Baltimore the sum of one hundred & twenty [undecipherable] for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary [undecipherable] holding yourself accountable, being on account of the of the Marines on board the Frigate Constellation Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable] L^t Charles Hyde Paymaster 1^st U.S. Rg^t Philadel[undecipherable] Accountants O[undecipherable] April [undecipherable] Sir You stands charged on the Books of the [undecipherable] as Paymaster of the 1^st U.S. Reg^t with upwards of one hundre[undecipherable] thousand Dollars, for the expenditure of which you have not re[undecipherable] any accounts I have therefore to request, that you will give yo[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 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The Sec[undecipherable] of War Accountants O[undecipherable] April [undecipherable] Sir I herewith hands you a copy of the let[undecipherable] to Lieut Charles Hyde, Paymaster 1^st U.S. Reg[undecipherable] (see above) [undecipherable] of his accounts, as they are of great magnitude & of a long standin[undecipherable] is now in the city, I have thought it proper to make this com[undecipherable] that a settlement of his accounts may be effected previous to his lea[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sam [undecipherable] [undecipherable]