[Accountants Office [undecipherable] [undecipherable] // Edward Hand Esq^r Lancaster Pennsylvania] [9 NO] Department of War Accountants Office Feby 21, 1797 Sir You stand charged with the Books of this [undecipherable] with the [undecipherable] money received by [undecipherable] of William Knox [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 18[undecipherable] — 179[undecipherable] being a Pay [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] officers, in which Sum you have not furnished the necessary [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] your account for the same. I have [undecipherable] requested [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] transmit to this Office a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] accompanied with the necessary [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and undergo an examination, and if found right [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Books of this Office from the length of time [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Money renders it highly necessary [undecipherable] [undecipherable] immediate settlement [undecipherable] take place. I am Sir Your Humble Ser[vant] [signature] [undecipherable] Edward Hand