[Obverse: Savannah 22^d June 1798. Circular. Freemans. No 4. 13 July &c.] Savannah 22^d June 1798. Sir I returned last evening from Charleston; I have received from the director of the Branch Bank the money which has been deposited there for the pay of the militia. I omitted to mention in my letter to you of the 8^th instant the instructions of the Secretary of War to me relative to the payments to be made to those who should apply with letters of attorney — It seems by yours of the 8^th of last month that this circumstance has also escaped your recollection. On the 5^th of December 1795, I stated to the Secretary of War, the case of Capt. Armstrong, which is also the situation of almost all the officers who have commanded detachments on the frontier. I had not an answer to this letter until July 1796 when I received the Secretary's of the 6^th of June of that year; in consequence I transmitted copies of those instructions to M^r McCall and Col^o Pope — they have governed themselves by them in the payments they have made since. It appeared to me at this time that the Secretary's answer was a law opinion; and I have always had an idea that the Attorney General had been consulted upon this case. If therefore any orders from your office should militate with these instructions, they would cause uneasiness. I refer you to the above letters which you will find in the War Office; I wish, however, it should be understood that I shall cheerfully comply with any farther directions you may communicate to me upon this subject. I expect Col^o Pope in town to morrow. I am extremely anxious to accomplish my business with him, as I presume that then I may be permitted to visit Philadelphia. My absence has exceeded any calculations I could have made — and the journey I have just finished has been the most fatiguing, & disagreeable I have ever undertaken. The public Service cannot suffer in doing me a kindness. If I should not have obtained leave of absence or be ordered to the northward before you receive this I solicit once more your influence to obtain for me my request; you see that your friendship for me will give you some trouble. I am with great esteem & respect Sir Your much obliged and humble Servant — W^m Freemans [undecipherable] William Simmons Esq^r A. D. W.