Pittsburgh 3^d Dec. 1797 Sir I presented your bill on M[r.] [undecipherable: Semple?] for payment, which was refused, alleging he had no [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] his hands [undecipherable] to Col't Butler — I of course return y[ou]r Bill. The most probable mode I am [undecipherable] to write that you can settle this [undecipherable] with Col°. Butler, will be to draw on him [at] Knox ville in fav[or] of the agent of the War de[part]ment.— I am, Sir, your most ob[edien]t [and very Hum]ble [Servan]t Ja. Wilkinson Col° Samuel Hodgdon [Enclosure:] Philadelphia 24^th November 1797 Dollars 319. 25 Cents in [undecipherable] Three days after sight be pleased to Pay Colonel John Wilkins[on] or Order Three hundred and Nineteen dollars and twenty five Cents, being so much advanced by me on account of Colonel Thomas [Butler?], as per advice Samuel Hodgdon M[r.] [Joel?] Semple Pittsburgh