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 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^t H^os 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 reported 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^t H^os Simmons Acct.