Daniel Stevens Esq^r Supervisor Charleston. : D. of War. Accountants Office October 5, 1795. Sir, I have to acknowledge the Rece[undecipherable: ipt] of yours of the 2^nd Sept. last enclosing a Rec^t from Augusta De Grasse for four hundred and fifty two Dollars and fifty Cents, w[undecipherable: hich] Sum shall be passed to your credit accordingly. All Supervis[undecipherable: ors] who are called upon by this department and who are charged on [undecipherable: the] Books of this Office with Monies passing thro' their hands will b[undecipherable: e] allowed a Commission of one Per Cent on all such Sums. You will therefore be pleased to state your account up to the 30^th Sept^r 1795 and Quarterly or half yearly thereafter, and char[undecipherable: ge] your Commission, which shall be immediately transmitted to y[undecipherable: ou]. You will receive herewith the Sum of two hundred & thirty do[undecipherable: llars] to be paid to Augusta De Grasse, temporary Engineer at Sou[undecipherable: th] Carolina, being for his Compensation from the 1^st July to 30^th [undecipherable: Sept.] 1795, for which Sum you will please to take his duplicate re[undecipherable: ceipts] and forward one to this Office. I am Sir, &c. William Simmons. Augusta De Grasse Temporary Engineer Charleston South Carolina. D. of War. Accountants Office October 6, 1795. Sir, You will receive from Dani[undecipherable: el] Stevens Esq^t the Sum of two hundred and thirty Dollars, being th[undecipherable: e] amount of your account for Compensation from 1^st July to the 30[undecipherable: th] September 1795 inc^t for which Sum you will please give him duplicate Receipts. It will be unnecessary for you in future to make so long a Statement for your Compensation, but wil[undecipherable: l] please state it agreeably to the following and at the End of each Quarter, you will forward it to this Office, when the Amount thereof shall be transmitted to you. The United States To Augusta De Grasse temp^y Eng^r D^r For his Compensation from the 1^st of October } Dls cts to 31^st Dec^r 1795 inc^e 92 days - at 2½ dls. p^rday } 230 -- I am Sir &c. - William Simmons Capt. W^m Lewis Hagers Town Maryland. D. of War. Accountants Office October 7, 1795. Sir, John Hilty supervisor, Baltimore will remit you the Sum of two hundred Dollars being for your pay from the 1^st of May to the 30^th Sept. 1795 inc^t for which you will please to sign duplicate Receipts. I am Sir &c. William Simmons John Hilty Sup^r Baltimore. D. of War. Accountants Office October 7, 1795. Sir, The Treasurer of the U. S. will remit you the Sum of two hundred Dollars, being for the pay of Capt. W^m Lewis from the 1^st of May to the 30^th Sept. 1795 inc. which Sum you will please transmit to him at Hagers town taking duplicate receipts for the same and forward them to this Office. I am Sir &c. William Simmons P.S. As Cap^t Lewis is under marching orders, it will be pleasing to have this Money forwarded to him as soon as possible. W.S.