[419] Ens^t James Richmond New Brunswick, N.J. Accountants Office 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. David Henley Esq^re AW.C. Knoxville, Accountants Office June 29^th 1798. Sir I received your letter dated the 13^th Inst. & one from from McNelis dated 6 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 [undecipherable] 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 Gibson subsequent to the settlement of his recruiting account at this Office, I cannot check, their