Charlestown April 5 1800 In consequence of instructions contained in a letter received from J^a Miller Esq^r Adj^t W^m Gen^l of 5^th Distr^t, & orders Survey received by Cap Huger from General Hamilton, to leave his place in New York, I have procured passages for him his Officers and Privates on board the Ship South Carolina Cap Peter, at the rate of Twenty five dollars for each Officer, and ten dollars for each Privates & Woman, which Passage Money is to be paid by [undecipherable: the War Dept], agreeably to a returns which will be made you by Captain Huger. — Ebenezer Strom Esq^r will be pleased to satisfy this demand — A. Hamilton M. General I am respectfully Sir Your ob Serv^t