[seal] [Received Dec^r 29. [undecipherable]] [Annual [undecipherable] expence] [[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] officers] [[undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [[undecipherable]] [Colonel [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1797] Sir Knoxville 29 December 1797 Your letter of the 11 October by Herbert the waggoner was delivered Wednesday the 20 inst. The loading, is all delivered in good order, what is come to my hand and care will receipt for next post. Colonel Butler requests me to write for sheet iron sufficient to make one hundred Kettles for the camp, prefering it to come thus that they may be made by the Soldiers, and under the Consfection of the Officers — I am Sir M^r. Wright has just finished Your Ob^t. Hum Serv^t. taking an account of David Henley all articles on hand: and Ag^t War will send returns shortly —