[Docket notation, rotated on cover: rec'd Jan'y 1800 / William Simmons] [FREE] [postal stamp: PHILA] [Address: David Henley Esq / ag^t War Dep^t / Knoxville / Tennessee] Philad^a Jan^y 17, 1800 D^r Sir I have Rec^d your letter of the 1^th Inst enclosing one for your son which I immediately forwarded to him, I have not seen him for some weeks, M^r Allison was at the Office a few days agoe and said he was much better than he had been for many Months before. — I am with esteem your Ob^t Ser^vt W^m Simmons Col^o Henley