Supervisor Office D^r S^t Carolina Charleston 18^th October 1797 Your letter of 2^d Inst. have received, and agreeably to your request, have paid Augusta C. de Grafe Two hundred and thirty Dollars being for the pay at Temporary Garrison at Charleston from the 1^st July to the 30^th September 1797. — and herewith enclose you his receipt therefor. — I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Most Ob^dt Sv^t. E Dau: Sterns [undecipherable] Agt D^r J^t Carolina W^m Simmons Esq^r. Accountant War Department [verso:] [undecipherable] D^r S^t Carolina rec^d — 4 Nov^r ans^d James [undecipherable] 20 [undecipherable]