M Joshua Barbee Accountants Office Danville, Kentucky June 15 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 15 ult^t covering a [undecipherable] of a company of Mounted Militia discharged & paid in full by you 7 August 1792 amounting to one thousand eight hundred seventy eigh[t] & thirty Cents which on examination has been found correct, & will be [undecipherable] to the Credit of your account on the Books of this Office — Sam^l W^m [undecipherable: McSimmon?] Acco[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[undecipherable] advances to Lieut^t Shipplett issued a warrant this day in his favor for a further sum of seven hundred Dollars on account of the pay of the[undecipherable] on board the Frigate Constellation — The money will be forwarded [to] John Fitzgerald Collector of the Port of Alexandria to M^r Shipp[lett to] 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^d McSimm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] John Fitzgerald Esq^r Accountants Office Collector Alexandria June 14^th [1798] Sir The Treasurer of the United States will reme[mit] the sum of seven hundred dollars to be paid to Lieut^t James Shipplett of [the] Frigate Constellation on account of the pay of the seamen on board the[undecipherable]