Collectors Office Wilmington N C April 27^th 1797 Sir Enclosed you will receive a signed Receipt Roll for the Pay of Sergeant Philip Williams and the Men under his Command from the 1^st of December 1796 to the 31 January 1797 Amounting to sixty four Dollars. the Payment was made by me in due time I am Sir Your Ob^t Serv^t W^m Simmons Esq^r Accountant War Dep^t Philadelphia James Read Collector [verso:] [post office notation: Collectors Office / Wilmington N Carolina] James Read Dec 26 1844 [undecipherable: probable reading] [undecipherable] office [undecipherable] William Simmons Esq^r Accountant War Department Philadelphia