[undecipherable] Received February 5, 1799 William Simmons Accountant a Warrant N° 3675 for two Thousand Dollars on acct of the within Bills of Exchange [undecipherable] Correctly [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 2,000. Exchange 500 $ Sir [undecipherable] of exchange, second of like tenor and date unpaid, pay James and William Park or order, five hundred Dollars for value received of them in specie, and to to be appro[undecipherable] the payment of the Nickajack expedition, or the De[undecipherable] estimate, for which Sum I hold myself accountable advise of the same. I am Sir Knoxville State of Tennessee Your hum[undecipherable] the 9^th January 1799 The honorable David [undecipherable] presented Jan 25. 1799 James McHenry [undecipherable] Secretary War Philadelphia