Samuel Meredith Esq^r Accountants Office Treasurer of the U.S August 7^th 1797 Sir Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham collector of the customs for Savannah in Georgia amounting to One hundred sixty eight dollars and sixty five Cents also a Warrant for that sum being for the Incidental and Contingent expences of the War Department to which the receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the request of the comptroller of the Treasury. Sam^ro. W^m Simmons Acc^t. Ensⁿ W^m P Smith Accountants Office Knoxville — Tennessee August 4^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 11^th Ultimo enclosing the receipt of David Henley Esq^r a. W.D. for twenty two thousand eight hundred sixteen Dollars and ⁷⁰/₁₀₀ which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office being so much delivered you to pay him. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acc^t.