M Joshua Barbee Accountants Office Danville, Kentucky June 15 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 15 Ult covering a roll of a company of Mounted Militia discharged & paid in full by you 7 August 1792 amounting to one thousand eight hundred seventy eight & thirty Cents which on examination has been found correct, & will be to the Credit of your account on the Books of this Office. Sam^l W. McSimmon[s] Acct[undecipherable] Cap^t Thomas Truxton Accountants Office of the Frigate Constellation June 14^th 1798 Sir The Secretary of War in addition to the for[mer] advances to Lieut. Shipplett issued a warrant this day in his favor for a further sum of seven hundred Dollars on account of the pay of the [men] on board the Frigate Constellation — The money will be forwarded [to] John Fitzgerald Collector of the Port of Alexandria & Mr Shipplett [will] be held accountable in conformity with the Instructions he may rece[ive] for disbursing those monies — I give you this information that your directions may early reach him in the disbursement of the money. Sam^l McLimm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] John Fitzgerald Esq^re Accountants Office Collector Alexandria June 14^th [undecipherable] Sir The Treasurer of the United States will reme[mit] the sum of seven hundred dollars to be paid to Lieut James Shipplett of the Frigate Constellation on account of the pay of the seamen on board the