[from In^o S. Dexter E^sq [undecipherable: Supervisor?] Rhode Island Rec^d Decemb 24^th 95 & Answ^d Same Day] [Supervisor's Office Rhode Island] [331] Timothy Pickering, Esquire, Secretary of War, Philadelphia. [PROVIDENCE Dec 15] --- Supervisor's Office, Providence December 14^th 1795. Sir. Inclosed is transmitted for William Simmons Esquire, a receipt of Captain William Littlefield for two hundred and fifty four dollars and nine & five cents remitted to me by the Treasurer of the United States in discharge of the Warrant N^o 469, drawn on him, by you in my favour, for that Sum — The absence of Captain Littlefield from Newport, prevented obtaining his signature to the inclosed Voucher until the 3^d instant, and which came not to my hands until Saturday last. — I am Sir. your Obedient Servant — Timothy Pickering Esquire, Secretary of War. — [undecipherable: Jn^o S. Dexter?] [signature]