Boston Nov^r 23^d 1796 Sir Inclosed is the receipt of Perry Brower in behalf of John Bryant for two hundred &forty dollars paid agreeably to a letter from your office dated the 9^th instant & signed by M^r P Ragner — I am Sir, your obed^t Serv^t Jon Jackson [address leaf: William Simmons Esquire, Accountant, War Office, Philadelphia] [postal seal/frank mark] [docketing: [undecipherable] Jackson, rec^d [undecipherable] Dec^r, [undecipherable] ans^r] M^r Will^m Simmons —