[*OC. 20] [Address:] W^m Simmons Esq^r & Accountant War department Militia [Docket notation, written sideways:] Charleston 27 Octob Dan^l Stevens [undecipherable] N^o 2. 19 Nov [undecipherable] Charles[ton] [undecipherable] our [undecipherable] Supervisors Office Dis^t of S. Carolina Charleston 27^th October 1798 I am now to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 8^th Inst. and agreeably to your instructions have paid William Crafts Esq^r & Agent for the Fortification at Charleston South Carolina the Sum of Three thousand four hundred and Sixty three Dollars and Sixty five Cents, to be by him paid to Thomas Bennett, agreeably to Contract, for works to be erected in repairing of Fort Pinckney, and herewith transmit you enclosed his Rec^y therefor. I am Sir Very Respectfully Your Most Ob^t Serv^t Dan^l Stevens Sup^r S. Carolina W^m Simmons Esq^r Accountant War department