city of Washington the 2^d of September 1795 Sir I have Received yours Mentioning the time of my appointment as the 12^th of may not being the real Date by my having wrote to the Secretary of war that I Should prefer to decline if the objections that I made at the time could not be removed; but I have to observe to you that from the day that I Received my appointment to the date of my letter, and after, I had been Surveying the river, and made Drafts which where lodged in the office of war and that I had even been Subject to expences that I have never mentioned the only instructions that I can give to your request, is that the Secretary of wars answer to my letter, are dated 2^d of June desiring me to continue and announcing me that he had received my plans and informations; So that I [strikethrough: wrote] with you to informe the Secretary of war that from the 12^th of may to the Second of June I was employed about the Bu[undecipherable] as may be known by my letters to the former Secreti of war general Knox. I have the Honor to be with the respect Sir your Servant John Vermonnet [Address leaf:] [To] M^r W^m Simmons Accountants office Department of War Philadelphia [Docketing, right side:] John Vermonnet [undecipherable] and receives of [undecipherable]