M^r Isaac Garretson Accountants Office Purser of the Ship Constellation May 15 [undecipherable] Baltimore Sir I received your letter of the 8 [undecipherable] enclosing your account of compensation from 2 December [to] May, amounting to D^r 312 22, to which sum has been [undecipherable] pay to the 4 Inst^t. making in the whole D^r 315 44 — [undecipherable] sum you will receive from John Kilty, Esq, Supervisor [undecipherable] in giving him your receipts — Your pay was extended to the [undecipherable] above mentioned in consequence of a certificate from the W[undecipherable] Office that you was on that day appointed purser to the [undecipherable] Constellation — I am &c W[undecipherable] Ac[undecipherable] Captⁿ Edward D Turner Accountants Office Boston May 15 [undecipherable] Sir I received your letter of the 11 [undecipherable] and have acted on your account up to the 1 Inst^t. being [undecipherable] latest period to which a settlement can be made under the [undecipherable] of this month — You will accordingly receive from Jonat[undecipherable] Jackson Esq^r Supervisor at Boston the sum of two hund[undecipherable] five & [undecipherable]. being for your pay & Subsistence from 1 January [undecipherable] May 9^th calculating the ration @ 12 ⅔ ¢ the contract pr[undecipherable] Pittsburg — for which sum you will give the necessary rece[undecipherable] Jamo[undecipherable] W[undecipherable]