Please to pay to William Haywood, who is charged as express [strikethrough: **********] with Public dispatches, for David Henley esquire at Knoxville, a Sum equal to an Allowance of Seven pences half penny per mile going, and the Same for returning from hence to this place, giving Such a part only in Advance, as may amount to his expences, and the remainder when he produces to you a Receipt for the delivery of the dispatches specifying the day of the delivery thereof and charge the Same to the department of War. John Steele 18^th March 1798 Edward Carrington Esq^r. Richmond. [the United States (in a/c^t) D^r to D Carrington 1798 26 D^o post p^d W^m Haywood Express on a/c^t of D^o of War from this Office for in [undecipherable] County &c M^r [undecipherable] $8. 87 Even Copies of [undecipherable] given]