[from [undecipherable] S. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1796] [Address:] [Maj. [undecipherable] Adjutant Gen[era]l [undecipherable] [undecipherable] New [undecipherable] [Philadelphia?] Military [undecipherable] Office] Lis/ Adjutants Office D. S. Carolina Charleston 16. August 1796 — I am to acknowledge the receipt of your letter in the absence of the Accountant of the Q. M. Inst. acknowledging that the two Receipts one from [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] hundred and [undecipherable] Dollars and the other from Augusta to [undecipherable] for Two hundred and twenty [undecipherable] Dollars and fifty Cents have been received at your office — I am Sir Your most Ob^t. per Dan. [undecipherable: Steding?] Peter Hagner Esq^r Prin. Clk. Accountants Office War Department