[postmark stamp, partially illegible] FREE. W^m Simmons Esq Accountant to the Dep^t of War The War Office Philadelphia [endorsement:] Edward Carrington 10 July 1798 recd answer [undecipherable] Sir, Richd Sup'rs Office July 4. 98 Enclosed you will receive Capt Abr't Gibson's Rec't for 276.35. which has been pd. over since the 20^th of march, but the person through whose hand I passed the money never remitted it to the W't until this day. I am very respectfully his [signature] W. Simmons Esq Accountant