[Address panel] [undecipherable] M^r William Simmons Accountant War Dep^t [Post.] Philadelphia [Endorsement, lower right, rotated:] [undecipherable] lying no [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Pittsburgh 25. May Sir, Upon a Settlement of my accounts at the office last [undecipherable], there was a balance remaining due for my services as Sub. Lieutenant Major & Inspector with the [undecipherable] Legion to the amount of 13. 90 [undecipherable] including Forage and Subsistence, the only bar to the Settlement of this account at that time was the want of an evidence of my having been mustered as such, the Muster Rolls I am informed have gone forward and I expect them held on the Rolls until the 31. of October, should this be case I will consider it as a favor to inform me how I am to effect a Settlement of this account whether by agency or other means Lines by Post on this Subject will be thankfully received. by a Mo: Obedient Serv: [undecipherable] 9^th U.S. Reg^t [Marginalia, lower left:] Pay 72 [undecipherable] 30 [undecipherable] 35 — .14 13 7 . 19