David Henley Esq^r Accountants Office All'd Knoxville T. October 4^th 1797 Sir Your letter of the 8^th September acknowledging the receipt of mine of the 18^th August with its enclosures was duly r[eceived] I wrote you the 1 [undecipherable: probable reading ultt°] enclosing an abstract of Warrants taken from the Warrant Book of this Office up to time for your government since which there has been issued War[rants] N° 2307 - in fav. of Mesher. Cochran &^c - in full for a bill of exchange dra[wn] by Benj. Hawkins Esq dated Tellico 13 August 1797 — for — $522 2321 James Carey Ina[n] Inter[preter] - On acc^t he to be accountable 100 2322 John Rogers . . . . . . . . D° — ditto — 100 making in the whole seven hundred twenty two D°°lars — D°^rs 722 Sam^l K. W^m Simmons Acct. --- Lieut^t John Saunders D. W. Accountants Office Fort Norfolk near Norfolk Va Octo^r 4^th 1797 Sir I received your letter of the 26^th ulto and in re[ply] the difference in your and Lieutenants Triplets pay made up[on the] Roll for august last arises from an encrease of pay being allow[ed] to Lieutenants to commence on the 1 July 1797. Sam^l R. W^m Simmons Acct.