[Postal notation: Cincinnati [undecipherable] 1797] [William Simmons Esquire / Accountant &c / Philadelphia] [Express] [Administrative notation: R Laings [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Capt / 1^st U.S. Regt / Rec^d — [undecipherable] 1797 / [undecipherable]] Sir Fort Wayne 13^th June 1797 I received yours dated the 6^th June 1797 and have only to observe, that I have Inlisted several Men since the last Settlement with M^r Swan and shall [as soon as the nature of the [undecipherable] will admit] go to Detroit and make a final tlement, The soldiers terms of [undecipherable] are expiring fast, and tis probable I may Inlist two more, which, together with those I have already and three dollars, will ballance the account of one hundred and Eleven dollars which remained in my hands at Last Settlement — I am Sir y^r obedt Servant Rd Laings Capt 1^st US Regt W^m Simmons Esquire