Secretary of War on the subject, to which you are requested immediately to attend— This I suppose will procure for Major Freeman his demand on the Bank, if however any obstacle should prevent his receiving it, you will be pleased to inform him that I shall furnish him with the sum I had ordered him when he calls here for his instructions, and to make no stay in Philadelphia in waiting till it can be regularly advanced. Sam &c. W^m Simmons Acct^s M^r Thomas Farley                          Accountants Office Fort Fidius near Geo Town Geo^r          October 17. 1797 Sir I received your letter dated 13^th Sep. last and in reply thereto, I had prior to its arrival (by having the old unsettled accounts in this Office searched) been enabled to make the necessary entries to close your account; you are therefore exonerated from every charge on the Books of this Office Sam &c. W^m Simmons Acct^s Jonathan Jackson Esq^r                          Accountants Office Super^r Boston                                    October 17^th 1797 Sir I duly received your letter of the 11^th Instant enclosing Cap^t Samuel Nicholsons receipt for three hundred thirty five dollars &c. which sum will be passed to the credit of your account on the Books of this [Office. Sam &c.                          W^m Simmons Acct]