Collectors Office Wilmington N Carolina 19 December 1797 Enclosed you will receive three receipt Roles for money paid to Serg^t Philip Williams and the men under his command at Fort Johnston amounting to two hundred and eight Dollars also three receipts of Serg^t Williams, one for the recruiting Service for one hundred Dollars, one for Bounty paid and Premium allowed Thirty Six Dollars and one as administrator on the Estates of William Williams James Williams and William Johnston late privates in the Corps of Artillorists and Engineers deceased, for thirty five Dollars and twenty seven Cents, Which [strikethrough: Which] have been all paid agreeable to your requests I am Sir your Most Obed^t Serv^t Thomas Robeson d Coll^r [W^m Simmons Esq^r]