[175] Richard Harrison Esq^r A.O. August 2^nd 1797 Auditor of the Treasurer Sir I have the honor to transmit yo[undecipherable] with for examination at the Treasury the acco[undecipherable] of the War Department, for settlements made at [undecipherable] Office in the Quarter commencing the first of Ja[undecipherable] and ending the thirty first of March 1797 I am respectfully &c. Wm Sim[undecipherable] Au[undecipherable] David Henley Esq^r D.W. Accountants Of[undecipherable] A.W.D. August 12[undecipherable] Knoxville Sir I received in due course your le[undecipherable] under date 12^th Ulto: covering receipts one for Two Thousand eight hundred & Sixteen dollars & nine[undecipherable] Cents which sum was transmitted to you unde[undecipherable] care of Ensign William B Smith, being for the [undecipherable] Gen^l Sevier & his Brigade for services in the yea[undecipherable] and one for One Hundred & thirty six Dollars [undecipherable] money retained for Cap^t Wades Recruits & which [undecipherable] sent to you by M^r Byers - these sums as usual will [undecipherable] passed to your debit on the Books of this Office I am &c. Wm Simmons Acct