[Knoxville July 1794 James King] [Col. David Henley Agent of the war Department [undecipherable: probable reading "War"] Office Philadelphia by the [undecipherable: probable reading "Express"]] [Warrant N^o 49 — 836.34 61 — 945.95 • 75 — 602 advance 2382.30] Knoxville 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 Realy Sensibly the Kindness done me by you as I am owe 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 [undecipherable: probable reading "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 Hope will in future Facilitate my purchases I will as Much as in my power lies pay the Strictest attention to M^r Woolcott's [strikethrough: instruction] Instructions but must beg him as you when you send my Accounts not so Particular as they Cap[a]ble to attribute it to 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 [undecipherable] 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. David Henley James King— Agent of the Department of War — N. B I did not Receive your Letter to the 25^th July