[undecipherable: probable reading New Brunswick] 6 July 1798 [10] Wm Simmans Esq^r Sir Yours with a copy of M^r Schuylers letter & the inlistments I left at [undecipherable] I recieved a few days since, why he mentions I will be [underline: obliged] to settle at the War Office I cannot tell, but I imagine it is only a quotation from my letter to him, by way of endurement to have them sent on soon, if you wish Capt de la Clary will inform you of all the Acts I have with the U.S. to whom I have taken the liberty to inclose a letter with 100 Dls - your having it deliverd safe to him will much Oblige Your very Hble Ser [undecipherable signature] [Address panel: William Simmans Esq. / accomptant / War Department / Philadelphia] [postal notation: Covington [undecipherable] / d^o 9 July 1798 / fav / [undecipherable]]