Norrisville July 27^th 1794 Sir I Received Your Obliging Favours of the 20^th May Informing me of the Advances made at the Treasury in my Behalf. Believe me Sir I feel Sensibly the Kindness done me by You as I am sure Nothing but your most Friendly interference [strikethrough: in my favours] could have procured so Liberal an Advance in my Favour The Promptness with which the Gentlemen in the Treasury Department have taken up my Accounts and Settled and [undecipherable] has not Only Obliged me but has given such Confidence to those who have been my creditors at Different times as I hope will in future facilitate my purchases I will as Much as in my power lies pay the Strictest attention to M^rs Woolcott's [strikethrough: instructions] but must beg from [undecipherable] you when you send my Accounts not so Particular as they [undecipherable] to be to attribute it to the [undecipherable] the Extensiveness of the Country I am bound to Supply and the Difficulty of frequent conveyance the Detached Situation in which the duty is done and [strikethrough: the] by the Militia &c and not to Any inattention in me as Nothing would give me More pleasure than to have my Accounts Approved by the Gentlemen whose hands they go through I am Sir Your most Obliged and Humble Servant Col^t David Henley James King — Agent of the Department of War — N.B I did not Receive Your Letter to the 25 July [Docket: Norrisville / July 1794 / James King] [Address: Cap^t David Henley / Agent of the war Department / Near [undecipherable] Philadelphia / by the [undecipherable]] [Administrative notation: Warrant N^o 49 — 836.34 / 61 — 945.95 / 75 — 602 advance / 2382.30]