Capt^t William M'Rea Accountants Office Alexandria April 20^th 1797 Virginia ✓ Sir In the absence of the accountant I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17 Inst. inclosing the different Vouchers therein expressed, and from which your Account Current has been stated, and after Crediting you with the amount of them, leaves a balance against you of 76 Dollars, which deducted from the Six months Pay and Subsistence allowed you by the Act of 3^d March 1797 leaves a Balance in your favor of 348 [undecipherable] which has been paid to Major Stagg agreeably to your request. I return you inclosed your letter for lieut^t Smith as there is no probability of his returning here before he joins the Army. I am &c. Peter Hagner Princ^l Clk. --- Capt^t John Wade Accountants Office Knoxville April 25^th 1797 Tennesse ✓ Sir The Accountant being absent I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14^th Ultimo, which on his return will be laid before him, and I doubt not but the explanation of affairs therein mentioned will prove satisfactory to him, and leave no doubt of the rectitude of your Intentions in your Publick transactions. Sam vc. Peter Hagner P.R. Clk.