Capt. John Wade Accountants Office Sir Knoxville February 10.^th 1797 Tenepee By an abstract of charges received from Caleb Swan Esq^r I find you received Two Hundred and Twenty Six Dollars from the late Capt. Reid for the recruiting service, which you have omitted crediting in your last settlement here, and in your settlement of Subsistence, you have charged from the first of April 1796. and it appears he has paid you to the 30.^th June 1796. — These omissions you must be well aware places the accounts in this Office in a deranged situation not to say any thing of the serious consequences which might follow to an Officer from such omissions —— I have therefore to request that you will without delay refund those Monies to David Henly Esq^r Agent for the War Department and take his receipts therefor one of which you will immediately transmit to this Office that the amount may be entered to the Credit of your account The sums to be refunded are as follows Received from Capt. Reid .............. — — 226 Subsistence for May & June 61 Days a 4 Rations a 26^¢/₉ 64.7[9] Total Two hundred Ninety Dollars & Seventy Nine Cents Sam. C W^m Simmons acct. --- Col^o David Henly Accountants Office Agent for the Department of War February 10.^th 1797 S. W^m Territory Knoxville Sir Herewith you have duplicate of my [Letter