[Address on exterior of folded letter: [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] Commanding / [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] Day 9 [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] enclosing [undecipherable] / Philadelphia / Anthony Cuthbert & / Clerk of [undecipherable]] [Right side endorsement: Dated 24 Sepr [17][undecipherable] / [undecipherable] H. Sim[undecipherable] / No 24 Cents / Am[oun]t] Sir Havre [undecipherable] 21, [17]97 I arrived at this place on the 14 of August and by reason of M^r Swans be= =ing Absent, with Gen^t Williams I have not been Able to Obtain the Necessary Certifi= =cate, until this Moment, and which I inclose — By consequence of my being Oblig[at]ed to draw on [undecipherable] in fa= =vor of M^r [undecipherable] Bloodgood & Hitchcock for forty [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] I have re= =[undecipherable: probable reading "linquished"] Thirty Dollars more than was my intention when I left you, which is to go to [undecipherable] considering that [undecipherable] — there will be a balance of fourteen Dollars & some cents coming to you which I will Pay at any time — I have taken the liberty to mention in my letters to my Mother and Sisters, to direct their letters to me, & your care, which I hope will not be disagreeable to you, Any expince that occur for the, Postage of letters I will remit [undecipherable] together with the 14 fourteen dollars at any time you [are] fit to draw on me — I am your most Obed^t Serv^t — [signature — undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Be [pleased?] to make M^r Heath my [Comp^lts?] on receiving this William Simmons Esq^r