[Department of War] Nathaniel Gorham Esq^re Accountants Office [undecipherable] of Boston February 25^th 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 10^th and 15^th Instant, altho you have sent your receipt for the 83 ⁸²/₉₀ to the Treasurer — It will be necessary to forward one here as the account will not pass at the other Offices without your Receipt accompanying it — The Receipt for three hundred and nine Dollars and 75 Cents — I have received — I am Sir Y^rs William Simmons Joshua Wentworth Esq^re Department of War State of New Hamp^re Accountants Office February 25^th 1796 Sir I received your letter of the 12^th Inst and in answer thereto have to inform you, that on a reference to the files of the Secretary of War letter I discovered one from you dated 7^th April 1795 enclosing the account for 16 Dollars & 72 Cts which has enabled me to settle your account you will accordingly receive from the Treasurer of the United States the Sum of fifty nine Dollars and [strikethrough: 28] [strikethrough: being the] amount of your Commissions on receiving and paying monies between 17^th May 1793 and 25^th November 1795 — for which Sum please to forward your receipt. — I am Sir Y^rs William Simmons [Page 440 YAA01]