M^r Joseph Lane Accountants Office late L^t Col^d of a Reg^t October 17^th 1797 Virginia Militia Sir Loudoun County. Leesburg Post Office. In an abstract of monies advanced b[undecipherable: y] Presley Nevill Paymaster General to the Militia called ou[undecipherable: t to] suppress an insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylva[undecipherable: nia] in the year 1794 you stand charged with money received from him pursuant to a warrant in your favor for the Pay of the Field Staff of Regiment of Virginia militia commanded by you employed in said expedition, and as no vouchers have hithe[undecipherable: rto] been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from [undecipherable] advances, I have to request your immediate attention to render such as you actually possess or can obtain shortly, prop-erly stated. and in case of deficiency to refund the balance unaccounted for in your hands to the Treasurer of the United States. I am under the necessity to be the more urge[undecipherable: nt] in requesting your immediate attention to this object in consequence of a Resolution of Congress of the 3 March last directing me to furnish an abstract by the first week in January next of the names of all the receivers of public monies unaccounted for. Col^l Nevill the P.M.G. has been furnished with directions to attend to the final settlement of all the ac=counts relative to that expedition and is to attend for that purpose on the 15^th November next, before which time I hope, your account & Vouchers will be regularly furnished and examined at this Office and the amount paid by you passed to its proper account in the aforesaid abstract to be laid before Congress. I am &c. W^m Simmons Acct^r