[RICHMOND, May 1, 1797.] [FREE] William Simmons Esq^r accountant to the War department Philadelphia [T^m Free / Rich^d] [rec^d 6^th May / ans^d someday] --- Sir, Richmond Sept^rs Office Apr 28. 1797 Enclosed you will receive Cap^t Blackburns rec^t of the 23^d Instant for Seven hun- dred &fifteen dollars &^to which Sums were paid in agreeably to [undecipherable] the 11^th Instant. I am very respectfully Sir y^r M^ost Ob^t P. Carrington Dep^ty W^m Simmons Es^q accountant to the War Dep^t