[Endorsement notation, rotated:] Cap B. B. 31. / Mitchells [undecipherable] W^m William Simmons Esq. the War Department of Philadelphia Whitefield Octo^r 26. 96— Sir For the last time, I will trouble you to forwards my pay & subsistance through no irregular channel— My health is so entirely established by exercise & an independent manner of living, that I promise myself the pleasure of visiting [undecipherable] on the expiration of my furloughs— I will thank you to forwards my pay & subsistance for the month of October to Col. Chester as usual— as my furlough does not expire till the 5^th of [undecipherable: probable reading "November"] of course shall be entered in the pay role, at [undecipherable]— With great respects to Obed^t Serv^t W^m Simmons Esq Donald J. Mitchell