West point Jan.^y 12.^th 1796 Dear Sir Enclosed I send to you the receipts of M.^r Freeman — Pay M.^r of the corps of Art.ⁿ & Eng.^rs for 2679 ⁸⁰/100 of Doll: for which I beg you would Credit your ob.^t Serv.^t Step: Rochefontaine L.^t Col. com.^d art.ⁿ & Eng.^rs I send you also the receipt of M.^r Fleming for 100 Doll which I beg you to credit me also — the Duplicate [undecipherable] send by the next post — Step R. M.^r Simmons — ac.^t of the War Dep.^t if you oblige me by sending the within notes to M.^r Bache — Market [undecipherable] do [Address leaf:] [rec.^d Jan.^y 16 [undecipherable]] W.^m Simmons — Esq.^r accountant for the war Dep.^r Philadelphia [Endorsement:] [undecipherable] Collins [undecipherable] 23 January 1796