M: Sam^s Lanier Department of W[ar] P.M. to Halls Reg^t Accountants Offic[e] Kentucky September 1. 179[7] Sir You stand charged on the Books of this [Office] with monies received by you and which yet remain t[o be account]-ed for. Pursuant to a Resolutions of the House of [Represen]-tatives of the 3 March 1797 I am required to lay before [them] within the first Week in January next an abstract of [the] names &c. of all those who stand charged with monies o[f this] Office. In order to prevent your name from [appear]-ing as a delinquent I have to request you will as [soon] as posible account for the monies received by you [by] producing the necessary Vouchers or refunding the ba[lance] to the Treasurer of the United States. Your immediate attentions to this object [is] particularly requested. [d. S. b. Sam^e 1796 p.d.d. Nov. 17 the amt remaining in his hands unpaid to [undecipherable] W^m Simmons sundry Soldiers of Halls Regiment — [undecipherable] acc^t]