[Quartermaster Gen's Office Jas Miller ag. D.M.G Rec'd 15 March 1800] [Address: W^m Simmons / Quartermaster [undecipherable]] [Endorsement (rotated): [undecipherable] Gen^ls Off[ice] / 9 March 15, 1800 / James Miller ag^t / Rec^d March 15^th 1800] [Rec^d 15^th March 1800.] W^m Simmons Esq^r D^r Masta Generals Office March 15^th 1800 Sir) I am favoured with your Letter & in answer thereto permit me to observe That the Articles for which Benjⁿ Overholser received payment for the Transportation of — [on] my Voucher N^o 17 were the private Property (Suppose Stores) of Major George Stevenson of the 10^th Regiment — I am not acquainted with any actually existing regulations by which such payments are governed — This payment was made in obedience to Instructions received from the Quarter Master General, founded as I have understood on usage long since established, and allowed — I shall however be well pleased, to have this business so defined & understood as that all any ways interested in the transaction may have full information in what manner it may be performed so as to give perfect Satisfaction — believe me to be with great respect— Sir, Your most Obed^t Serv^t [Signature: Jas Miller] Ast Dep Q G^l