M^r Isaac Garretson Accountants Offi[cut off] Purser of the Ship Constellation May 15 [cut off] Baltimore Sir I received your letter of the 8 [cut off] enclosing your account of compensation from 2 December [to] May, amounting to D^rs 312.22, to which sum has been [cut off] pay to the 4 Inst making in the whole D^rs 315.44 — [cut off] sum you will receive from John Kilty Esq supervisor [cut off] in giving him your receipts — Your pay was extended to the [cut off] above mentioned in consequence of a certificate from the [cut off] Office that you was on that day appointed purser to the [cut off] Constellation — I am Sir [signature: undecipherable] Ac[cut off] Cap^tn Edward D Turner Accountants Offi[cut off] Boston — May 15 [cut off] Sir I received your letter of the 11 [cut off] and have acted on your account up to the 1 Inst being [cut off] latest period to which a settlement can be made under the [cut off] of this month — You will accordingly receive from Jona[cut off] Jackson Esq^r supervisor at Boston the sum of two hund[cut off] five & [undecipherable] being for your pay & Subsistence from 1 Janua[cut off] May 98 calculating the ration @ 12 4/9 C^t the contract p[cut off] [undecipherable]sburg — for which sum you will give the necessary rece[cut off] I am [cut off] [signature: undecipherable]