Rippon Lodge Virg^a May 25^th 1796 Dear Sir I hope you will pardon the Trouble I am about to give you, but my anxiety to hear something on the Subject of my worthy Bro must be my apology. Will you therefore be so good as to drop me a line on the Subject, & let me know what chance we have of a Redress— Wou'd have written Jones on the Subject, but he is so [undecipherable: prejudiced] [undecipherable] that he wou'd have thought [undecipherable] in giving me Information— With great Respect I remain D^r Sir Y^r Mo ob Ser R J Blackburn P.S. direct to me Dumfries Virginia — [addressed to: William Simmons Esq^r / Accountants Office / War Department] [docket notation, partially obscured by seal: R J Blackburn / May 25 / Rippon Lodge / Virginia] [seal]