[J.C. Vann to W^m Simmons 2^d Apr 1799 —] [undecipherable] — I have been [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] — I have sincerely [undecipherable: probable reading "expected"] the [undecipherable] would have put in execution certain threats which were made in presence of Cap^t Edward Butler on the 20^th [undecipherable: probable reading "Ult^o"] and [undecipherable] that after you had done justice to your office, by having me arrested on a [undecipherable] by a Court Martial that you would then [undecipherable: probable reading "punish"] me personally, that as I have had [undecipherable: probable reading "some"] proof of the treachery of your memory — I [undecipherable: probable reading "fear"] this circumstance has also been forgotten. Being [undecipherable: probable reading "conscious"] that I have been grossly insulted by you and that very [undecipherable] has been made on your part to aggrieve and injure me, and that you have been impelled by malice and a [undecipherable] alone, and not as you have insinuated by an anxiety for the public good — Under these [undecipherable: probable reading "impressions"], I now call on you in the most positive manner for immediate satisfaction — Captain Henry will make the necessary arrangements with — J.C. Vann 2^d Apr 1799 William Simmons Esq^r