[undecipherable: Phila 17 Octo] [undecipherable: Contais Freeman] [Rec^d 18 Octo] William Simmons Esq^r [undecipherable] a grant [undecipherable] [undecipherable] War Office Dear Sir Phila^d 17^th Octo^r 1797 I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] letter this morn- [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the Bank the Cashier [undecipherable] me [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Mr [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] Sensation I prevailed on him to give me the idea I have received [undecipherable] money — and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] city [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] You cannot [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] another [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the arrangements I had made I have left with Mr Freeman three [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sixty five dollars a cert [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of my account One for Sixty and another for Fifty five Dollars on account of my [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will come in the [undecipherable] which I request you to pay [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as convenient the other [undecipherable] me may not [undecipherable] — Since my return to town I have seen Mr Betterton and find all the vouchers required have been transmitted from [undecipherable]. I trust you and the gentlemen com- [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will the [undecipherable] find you can deem — I am with the greatest [undecipherable] Dear Sir Your humble & [undecipherable] Serv^t William Simmons Wm^t Freeman A.D. [undecipherable]