M^r Thomas Peyton Accountants Office late Cap^t of Vir^a Mil^a Cavalry October 17^th 1797 Sir Stafford County, Falmouth P. Office, near the [undecipherable] House In an abstract of monies advanced by Presley Nevill late Paymaster General to the Militia called out to suppress an insurrection in the western counties of Pennsyl-vania in the year 1794 you stand charged with money pai[d] by him to you pursuant to a warrant in your favor for the pay of a Troop of Virginia Militia Cavalry commanded by you employed in the said expedition; and as no vochers have hitherto been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from this advance I have to request your immediate attenti[on] in transmitting such as you actually possess or can speedi[ly] procure, properly stated — and in case of a deficiency to refund [the] balance to the Treasurer of the United States. I am under the necessity to be the more [urgent in requesting your attention to this object in con]sequence of a Resolution of Congress of the 3 March last di[recting me to furnish an Abstract by the first week in] January next of the of all the receivers of public moni[es] unaccounted for. In rendering your accounts you will be [par]ticular in stating an account current charging the mon[ies] received and crediting the expenditures agreeably to the [Pay] Roll you was furnished with, also filing the receipts wit[h] corresponding numbers which are to accompany the acco[unt] current. A list of the sums remaining unpaid accounting [for] any balance remaining in your hands unappropriated is als[o] to be furnished. Your particular attention is required to this [matter,] as Col^l Nevill is to attend to the final settlement of all the accounts relative to that expedition on the 15^th November next before which time I hope your account & Vouchers will be furnished and undergo the necessary examination at this Office. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^r