M Joshua Barbee Danville Kentucky Accountants Office June 15 1798 Sir I received your letter of the 15 ult. 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[undecipherable] & 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 McSimmon[undecipherable] Acco[undecipherable] Cap^t Thomas Truxton of the Frigate Constellation Accountants Office June 14^th 1798 Sir The Secretary of War in addition to the for[undecipherable] advances to Lieut. Tripplett 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 forwa[undecipherable] John Fitzgerald Collector of the Port of Alexandria to M^r Tripplett [undecipherable] be held accountable in conformity with the Instructions he may rece[undecipherable] for disbursing those monies — I give you this information that your directions may early reach him in the disbursement of the money. Sam^l McSimm[undecipherable] [undecipherable] John Fitzgerald Esq. Collector Alexandria Accountants Office June 14^th [17]98 Sir The Treasurer of the United States will reme[undecipherable] the sum of seven hundred dollars to be paid to Lieut. James Tripplett of [the] Frigate Constellation on account of the pay of the seamen on board the [undecipherable]