[free] [Docket:] W. [undecipherable] / 5 August 1796 / Accountant / War Department / Philad[elphia] [undecipherable] [Additional administrative notations on right, largely undecipherable] Sir- Virginia Aug 4^th 1796 I am solicited to request the favor of you to transmit me the Names of the Persons who attested the Powers of Attorneys which I [undecipherable] the Military Land Warrants due William & Robert Quarles Boys for their services as Officers during the late Warr. As you omitted to mention their Names who therefor [undecipherable] by me agreeable to their request, only noticing that they were signed in the Year 1793 to E. Mr. [undecipherable] [undecipherable: absence] of Francis Gears Esq– as they acquaint me this information is important to their Interest, I flatter myself you will find it convenient to afford it speedily & when enables me with all due [undecipherable] and attention. Sir your most Ob[edien]t [signature: Jam: undecipherable] W. Simmons