Collector's Office Wilmington NC Feby 1^st 1797 Sir Enclosed you will receive a receipt Roll, signed, for the pay of Sergeant Philip Williams and the Men under his Command from the 1^st of January, 1796. to the 30^th Sept^r. following Amounting to one hundred & thirty five Dollars. And also one other for their pay from the first of October to the 30^th November 1796 Amounting to Forty nine Dollars & thirty three Cents. The payments were made by me in due time. I am Sir Your Ob^t Serv^t James Read William Simmons Esq^r [William Simmons Esq^r Accomptant War Department Philadelphia] [Rec^d [undecipherable] Feb^y 12^th]