Supervisor's Office, Boston Jan^ry 13^th 1798. — Sir Inclosed is Samuel Nicholson's receipt for 335 ³⁵/₁₀₀ dollars, paid him agreeably to your letter of the 4^th instans — I am Sir, your obd^t Serv^t Jos^h Jackson Will^m Simmons, Esquire, Accountant War Department. [address leaf: Free / Will^m Simmons Esq^r / Accountant War office / Philadelphia / BOSTON] [docket: Letter 13 January / Jackson / rec^d 20^th / ans^d [undecipherable] January]