M^r Christopher Melick Accountants Office late Cap^t of a Comp of N.S. Militia October 17^th 1797 Sir On examination of Presley Nevill's accounts as 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 received from James Mott Treasurer of the State of New Jersey for the pay of a Comp of Militia belonging to the third Regiment commanded by you agreeable to the order of Joseph Marsh Paymaster to said Regiment employed on that expedition; and as no vouchers have hitherto been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from said charge, I have to request your immediate attention in rendering such as you possess or can obtain in a short time, properly 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 of being the more urgent in requesting your attention to this object in consequence of a resolution of Congress of 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. Nevill the P.M.G. has been furnished with directions to attend to the final settlement of all accounts relative to that expedition and is to attend on the 15^th November next for that purpose: before which time I flatter myself your accounts and vouchers will be all regularly furnished and examined in this Office and the amount paid by you posted to its proper account in the abstract to be furnished to Congress. I am &c. Wm Simmons Acct.