Accountants Office October 17^th 1797 Mr William Giles Late Capt in Col. Campbells Regt. Virginia Militia Sir Richmond In an abstract of monies advanced by Resle. Nevill Paymaster General to the Militia called out to suppress an insurrection the western counties of Pennsylvania in year 1794, you stand charged with a money received by you from him pursuant to a warrant in your favor for pay of your Company in the Virginia Regiments of Militia commanded by Col. Campbell employed in said expedition and as no vouchers have hitherto been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from that charge I have to request your immediate attention in rendering such as you actually posess or can speedily procure, properly stated, and in case of a deficiency to refund the balance unaccounted for remaining in your hands 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 consequence of a resolution of Congress 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. Nevill is furnished with directions to attend to the final settlement of all the accounts, relative to that expedition and is to attend for that purpose on the 18^th November next before which time I hope your account and vouchers will be regularly furnished & examined in this Office and the amount paid by you passed to its proper account in the aforementioned abstract to be furnished to Congress. I am &c. W. Simmons Acct.