[Wrapper — address side] [BOSTON postal stamp] [circular postmark: A / AP] Accountant in Military [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at War [undecipherable] Post Office [Endorsement:] [undecipherable] Gorham N^o 11 [undecipherable] the 3 [undecipherable] Boston march 8 1796 By virtue of the within Letter from W^m Semmons Accountant in the war Departments dated Feb^y 27^th 1796 I have received of Nathaniel Gorham Supervisor Five hundred dollars for which sum I acknowledge myself accountable (Signed) [undecipherable: Ingersoll] Boston April 4^th 1796 Sir The within letter is a copy of one from you to Cap Ingersole, who called on me and wished to receive the money you mentioned should be forwarded to me in his Account in Consequence of which I paid him five hundred dollars as appears by the rec^t above. I will thank you put this business in a proper line, by sending me directions as usual to pay so much money to Cap Ingersoll — when I shall deliver him the letter from you taking his rec^t for the money — I am Sir, Your Hum^d Serv^t N Gorham W^m Semmons Esq^r [Enclosure/s] Department of War Acuntants Office Sir, February 27, 1796 I recievd your letter of the 6^th Inst enclosing your account for pay & Subsistance, for the year 1795 — [undecipherable] to M^r B[undecipherable] late Pay Master, I Sh[undecipherable] f[undecipherable] information [undecipherable] to your request of the time you received your Pay &— but he can give me no information [undecipherable] as the Payments did not extend further than the 1^st [undecipherable] 1794 — The Account must therefore be suspended untill information arises from M^r Swan [undecipherable] to whom I shall this day write on the subject In the mean time you will receive from Nathaniel Gorham Esq^r Supervisor the Sum of five hundred dollars on Account for which sum you will give him your Duplicate receipt to be accountable — The Post will not give me time to forward the remittance this [undecipherable] but you may apply to M^r Go[r]ham on arrival of the next Post — I am Sir, Your mo^st obl^t Serv^t sign^d W^m Semmons Acct Cap^t Ingersoll Boston Turn Over