Supervisor's office, Boston August 12.^th 1797 — Sir, Enclosed is George Claghorn's receipt for 500 Dollars, paid him agreeably to your letter of the 4.^th instant — I am Sir, your obed^t Serv^t Jon Jackson Will^m Simmons Esq^r Accountant War Office. [ADDRESS LEAF: Will^m Simmons Esq^r / Accountant War Office / Philadelphia] [postal notation: BOSTON] [docket: [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Jackson / ans^d same day]