Augusta DeGrasse Sub Engineer— Charleston S^c. Accountants Office April 7^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 1^st inst enclosing your V^c for compensation for January, February & March 1797 amounting to Two hundred and Twenty five dollars, which sum you will receive from Daniel Stephens Esq^r Supervisor— Charleston on giving him duplicate receipts therefor. Sam^re H^or Simmons Acct. --- Daniel Stephens Esq^r Supervisor Charleston Accountants Office April 7^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 24^th ultt. and on a re-examination of your account for the quarter ending the 31^st December 1796, I find that the clerk who posted thereon, committed an error of Thirty Nine dollars & [undecipherable], which when rectified and will be remitted you by the Treasurer of the United States, as well as the sum of Two hundred & Twenty five dollars, which you will please to pay to Augusta DeGrasse, Sub Engineer at Charleston, and take his duplicate Receipts therefor, being for his compensation from 1^st January to 31^st March 1797. Sam^re H^or Simmons Acct.