Lieut James Triplett Baltimore — Accountants Office Sir April 24 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 [pay of the] Marines on board the Frigate Constellation — Sam D^c — W[undecipherable] --- L^t Charles Hyde, Accountants O[ffice] Paymaster 1^st U.S. Reg^t Philad^a April 24 Sir You stands charged on the Books of the [undecipherable] as Paymaster of the 1^st U.S. Reg^t with upwards of one hundred [undecipherable] thousand Dollars, for the expenditure of which you have not re[ndered] any accounts. I have therefore to request, that you will give your attention thereto by rendering your accounts and vouchers to the Office for examination without any delay, that the proper [undecipherable] may be entered to your credit on the Books thereof — Sam D^c — [undecipherable] --- The Sec^y of War Accountants O[ffice] Sir April [undecipherable] I herewith hand you a copy of the letter to Lieut Charles Hyde, Paymaster 1^st U.S. Regiment, (see above) on his accounts, as they are of great magnitude & of long standing, is now in the city, I have thought it proper to make this comm[unication] that a settlement of his accounts may be effected previous to his le[aving] it — Sam D^c — [undecipherable]