[Copy of a letter to N. Simmons aut. to the Dep. of war — Quaker Town Apr 6. 1799 Requesting Blank pay and muster roles & Instructions to be forwarded] [Copy] Quaker Town Apr 6 1799. Sir, General McPherson has appointed me Pay Master to the Volunteers under his Command — [strikethrough: I have] I must engage for some days previous to my leaving Philadelphia, [strikethrough: the] I am to call on you for the necessary Instructions, & to supply, of Blank pay & the muster roles, I [undecipherable] You will be so good as to have them forwarded to the Head Quarters of [strikethrough: the Army under the command of —] [strikethrough: ——] Gen. McPherson as soon as possible. [strikethrough: I shall leave for Philadelphia — Three o'Clock — to the — He has arrived — [undecipherable] — at it probably [undecipherable] —] You will from the public & accommodate me by sending them forwarded — perhaps the Stage which runs from Philad & Bethlem would afford a good conveyance — I am Sir Your Ob^t Serv^t The Accountant of the Department of War