being for pay of the Garrison at the said place up to 1798 inclusive and subsistence of Captⁿ William Litt[undecipherable] 31 March '98 — I am &^c W. Sim[undecipherable] Edward Carrington Esq^r — Accountants Offic[undecipherable] Richmond, V^a — May 19 [undecipherable] The Treasurer of the United St[undecipherable] will remit you the sum of five hundred & fifteen dollars & [undecipherable] you will be pleased to pay to Lieut Ferdinand L Claiborne Richmond Barracks, taking the necessary receipts h[o]lding [undecipherable] accountable being for pay of himself and the detachment u[undecipherable] his command for February & March 1798. I am &^c W. Si[undecipherable] Lieut^t Ferd^d L Claiborne — Accountants Offic[undecipherable] Richmond, V^a — May 19 [undecipherable] Sir I received your two letters of the 2 & 4 [undecipherable] the 1^st enclosing the receipts therein mentioned — the latter a[undecipherable] a muster & Pay role of the Recruits under your command for [undecipherable] & March 1798. amounting agreeably to your calculations to [undecipherable] to which has been added — short calculated on the pay of George Strickles, W^m Cochran James Murphy & James Sheyon each at 12 Cents [undecipherable] Asa Southgate &^c — — — — — — — — — [undecipherable] 48 [undecipherable] 11 [undecipherable]