The Hon.^ble Sec^t of War Accountants Office November 18^th 1797 Sir As I have not been furnished with any infor of the instructions to M^r Swan for paying the Troops, or the me taken for paying those in Tennesee. I am totally uninformed to the period to which they are paid. I have therefore to reques you will be pleased to inform me of the measures taken for pay them, and to what time they are directed to be paid, that I ma govern myself in the settlements made in this Office. I am &^c W^m [undecipherable] --- M^r Cha^s Brown } George Town } Georgia } Sir Accountants Off[ice] November 18^th [undecipherable] I duly received your letter of th[e] [undecipherable] Ultimo, enclosing a receipt of M^r Desaussures for two Hund[red] & fifty Dollars which will be entered to the proper account [in] the books of this Office. I am &^c Will^m [undecipherable] --- John B. Habersham Esq^r Savannah } Georgia } Sir Accountants Off[ice] November 18^th [17undecipherable] Your letter to Major Constant[ine] Freeman of 31^st ult^o enclosing Cap^t A.Y. Nicholls receipt f[or] Three Hundred eighty five Dollars was duly received, and will [be] entered to your Credit on the books of this Office. I am &^c W^m [undecipherable]