D^r The United States in c w the Estate of Joseph Sims late [undecipherable] Co. [undecipherable] By annuities pay rec^d of the United States from May 79 to 1^st D[ay] [undecipherable] 2 M^os @ 8/3 — 16.67 by Adv^ce of the State [of South] Carolina from 1^st May Aug^t 1^st 80 — 2M^os [undecipherable] 1. 80 [undecipherable]ppm^o — Ca [undecipherable] D^rs for one — 28.67 12 — By balance to be Entered on July p^d 165.67 by Interest from [undecipherable] July [undecipherable] [undecipherable] War Department Nov^r 17, 1798 Letter in pursuance of some act or acts of Congress of the United States by the 2[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] --- D^r The United States in c w [undecipherable] For his pay from the 1^st Aug^t 79 M^os to the 1^st Aug^t 20 M^os Ca [undecipherable] 8 M^os — Ca $ [undecipherable] 1. Octo^r [undecipherable] Comptroller [undecipherable] General [undecipherable] Howell Auditor of the Treasury