David Henley Esq^r Accountants Office Knoxville June 2^nd 1797 Tennessee Sir I received your letter of the 25^th April en- -closing the account of Cap^t Richards Sparks which I return to you for payment after examination by you it will however be necessary for Cap^t Sparks [to] produce either a certificate of the Pay Master sho[w]- -ing the amount due him, or he must attest thereto before a Magistrate — this being the rule in all cases of the kind at this Office, and which you will observe in all settlements of Officers accounts similarly situated. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^t