— Exchange for 1000 Dollars — Sir, After ten days sight of this my first bill of exchange, second of like tenor and date unpaid, pay Robert Preston or order one thousand Dollars, it [undecipherable] for value received in Specie of King & Crozier, and is to be applied to the recruiting Service for which sum I hold myself accountable. Letter of advice accompanies this bill, and of this date — Knoxville State of Tennessee I am Sir, the 2 April 1798 — Your Hum Servant The honorable David Henley James M^c Henry Ag^t War Secretary of War Philadelphia Pay Davies & Fulton, or order, Rob^t Preston Pay M^r Rob^t C. [undecipherable] on order Davies & Fulton A. [undecipherable] Rail Received June 25^th 1798 of William Simmons Accountant a Warrant N^o 2960 for One Thousand Dollars in full of the within Bills. D^r 1000 — A. [undecipherable] Rail