Ensⁿ James Richmond Accountants Office New Brunswick — N.I. June 29 1798. Sir Enclosed is a copy of a letter received from Ensign Schuyler enclosing three Inlistments and receipts for Bounty which I now forwards to you — I am &^c W Simmons Acct^r --- David Henley Eq^rs Accountants Office AW^o Knoxville — June 29^th 1798. Sir I received your letter dated the 13 Inst & one from from M^cMillis dated 6^th Same month — the first enclosing sundry abstracts of payments to the Militia and regular Troops in Tennessee — The latter enclosing a Pay roll of Cap^t William Prestons Company for examination, as to the periods to which they received pay from this Office — It may be proper to observe as to the latter that Cap^t William Preston has considerable unsettled accounts, and public monies to account for, his pay will therefore be deducted untill these are closed, which I conceive the only effectual means of bringing an Officer to a settlement who has been so repeatedly called upon as Cap^t Preston has, he is furnished with a list of objections which are I on the examination of his accounts in this Office, and I trust by this means he will speedily remove them — Cap^t Prestons Company was paid up to the 1 February 1797 as Stated in the Roll, those men who joined from Cap^t Gibsons subsequent to the settlement of his recruiting account at this Office, I cannot check their