Sir Annapols Nov^r 19 1794 The money charged me in your Office 250 Dollars was sent to me to Mount Cannon for the Fort at this Place but neither the Cannon nor plang of the Carriages ever came to hand of course the money has not been expended a Wheelwright was Spoken to and pretended to charge for preparing Timber, which I did not think proper to pay as the Timber was used by him for other purposes without loss I am therefore ready to pay the money, and presume it will save [strikethrough: the] Trouble by paying it here to M^r Harwood our Commissioner of loans for the United States and transmit you or the Treasurer his receipt I sincerely hope you will not deem it necessary to mention my Name on the list of delinquent creditors I am Sir Your Most Obed^t Serv^t John Randall William Simmonds Esq^r [Address leaf: William Simmons Esquire Accountant to the War Department Philadelphia] [Docket: Annapols Nov^r 19. 1794 — [undecipherable] Harwood's — Rec^d [undecipherable] Janu^ry [undecipherable]]