M^r Simmons Head Quarters of the army Acc^t Greene Ville March 8^th 1798 Sir I have received your Letter respect ing Accounting warrant. Before you gave one for [undecipherable] himself is now here — From letters to Ensign Thompson and my [undecipherable] from the Secretary of war it doth appear that Ensⁿ [undecipherable] Thompson was the only [undecipherable] here in your [undecipherable] of which I have [undecipherable] all my Vouchers with him, [undecipherable] ought to enable him to settle his account and have taken his Receipts accordingly. This appears [undecipherable] notwithstanding in your charging me with the premium for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and not the officer, I have more [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] after the [undecipherable] many of [undecipherable] I [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] only [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the cash, receipts [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Ensⁿ [undecipherable] Thompsons letter [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] Ensign Thompson & my [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] district I have [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to him and have had [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] therefore I am [undecipherable] I am Sir [undecipherable] Y^r Mo^st Ob^t Serv^t [undecipherable: J^no Porter] [William [undecipherable] Simmons accountant of the [undecipherable] in Philadelphia] [Rec^d 3 [undecipherable] Porter Case [undecipherable]]