New York October 21^st 1795 D^r Sir I have taken the liberty to trouble You with a Draught on M^r James Calahan of Phila^a for 200 Dollars I hope You will have the goodness to pardon the freedom I have used, and if in return I can be of any service to You in this place, or elsewhere, I beg You to command me — the Amount when received I will thank You to remit — My compliments to M^rs Simmons, tell her that the Epidemic has not for several days past shewn itself in any [underline: new] cases, and therefore She might now return home, with tolerable safety; but as her Neighbours [undecipherable: Plymatt?] the Bakers, & Culbertson at the opposite corners, are neither of them entirely out of danger, it would be adviseable for her to delay returning yet a little while — I am with regard Sir your obed^t Servant [signature] W^m Simmons Esq^r [address panel, verso: Oct 21 / William Simmons Esq^r / Accountant War Department / Philadelphia] [postal notation: for [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] [docket: Oct^r 21 / Rec^d / letter]