Necessary Papers to Correct the Mistake

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Norton Sep^t 4^th 1795 Sir I have to beg your pardon for not before acknowledging your fav^r which I rec^d sometime since informing of a mistake in the Settlement of my Account I have sent on the necessary Papers requested to close the business, by D^r Hayward, which I hope you have by this time rec^d: and Am Sir with re[sp]ect your Ob^dt Humble Serv^t Edw^d D. Turner Cap^t late [B?] M^r D S Legion Will^m Simmons Esq^r [Public Business — 20] [W^m Simmons Esq^r, Act^g of y^e Department of War, Philadelphia] [docketing, verso: [undecipherable] — John [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]]

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Autograph Letter Signed

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Turner asks forgiveness for not correcting the error in his account but is forwarding, by Lieutenant Hayward, the papers needed to resolve the problem.