[Benjamin Stoddert 6 Sept 29^th 98] [undecipherable: faint address text] Sir, Navy Department Septemr 29. 1798 I have receiv'd your Letter of the 27^th Inst and [do] enclose [with] this [a] [undecipherable: bill?] being a draft on [undecipherable] for 500 Dollars & for which there is [a] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: assignment?] to be forwarded to you and which you will receive at the Treasurer[s] Return from Germantown — I have the Honor to be Sir, Your most obed't Servant Bls Stoddert. Sec'y of Navy George Simpson Esq^r Cashier of the Bank of the United States