M^r Alexander Buchanan Accountants Office late Cap^t. in the Penn^a. Militia October 17 - 1797 Sir In an abstract of monies advanced by Pre[undecipherable: Presley] Nevill, Paymaster General to the militia called out to suppress an insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania in the year 1794, you stand charged with money rec[undecipherable: received] from him pursuant to a warrant in your favor, for an ear[undecipherable: arrears of pay due] a company of Pennsylvania militia commanded by you, employed in said expedition; and as no vouchers h[undecipherable: have] hitherto been transmitted to this Office to exonerate yo[undecipherable: you] from said advance, I have to request your immediate att[undecipherable: attention] in rendering such as you possess or can obtain in a short time, properly stated, and in case of deficiency refund the balance unaccounted for in your hands to [undecipherable: 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^d 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 Nevill the P.M.G. has been furnished with directions to attend to the final settlement of all the accounts relative to that expedition, and is to attend on the 15^th Nov[undecipherable: ember] next for that purpose; before which time I flatter myself your accounts and vouchers will be regularly furnished and 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. Wm Simmons Acct^.