[Received Dec. 24. 1793] [No. 22 — Simmons / from Accountant's Office / Department of War / Philadelphia] Navy Yard, Gosport, 3 December 1793.— M^r William Simmons Sir I have this day been duly honoured with your Favour dated 20 November, and Note the contents which I Shall immediately observe, respecting my time of drawing [undecipherable: Quarterly?] for a New Year. Previous to your Letter I have filed with the [undecipherable] of the Naval Agent my account for One Months Salary, say from the 23 October to the 23 November which Should not have been done untill the 31 December Since I Received [undecipherable], Referrence to my [undecipherable] however [undecipherable] draws at the expiration of this Month from the 23 November agreeable to [undecipherable] in order to begin [with] the ensuing Year— Most respectfully I am Sir, Your Mo. Ob^t Ser^t. Samuel [undecipherable]