[Endorsement, upper right, rotated:] Nath: Gorham No 8 [undecipherable] the Cap[undecipherable: probable reading "t"] [undecipherable] [Address:] 1. William Simmons Esq^r Accountant in the War Department No [undecipherable] Philadelphia Si^r Boston Feb^y 1^st 1796 Agreably to your desire I have transmitted to M^r Meredith a Bill on Mess^rs [undecipherable] & Abij- Dawes for 700 Dollars, when this is paid I will thank you to inform of the acc^t for the 1450 Dollars on acc^t of the Fortifications being closed . I am Sir Your Ob^t Nath Gorham M^r Simmons Esq^r