Phila 2^d Feb^y 1799 Sir I have been very solicitous since my arrival at this place to have a number of my Vouchers which have been suspended at the Comptrollers office [undecipherable] passed to my credit — they are now before you, & it is highly proper, as I shall soon depart from the city, that they should be taken up without delay — I beg therefore that you would direct an examination of them, & I will attend at your office at any moment you will fix — a— respectfully Your most ob^t S^t William Simmons Esq^r Accountant Dep^t of War [signed] H. Wilkins J^r D. Mast. Gen^l [address panel: Ochlo D: Feb^y 1799 / H. Wilkins / the within / [undecipherable] / William Simmons Esq^r / Accountant Dep^t of War]