Sir Knoxville T^e 9 July 1799 I have drawn on you this day in favor of Christopher Stump or order for one thousand dollars, payable to him or order after ten days sight, for which value has been received of him in Specie, and this sum is to be appropriated to the paying the regular troops under the command of Lt. Col. Butler in Tennessee, and having passed this bill to the credit of the Treasurer request your honoring the same. I am very Respectfully Your Hum: Serv^t The honorable James M^c. Henry D. Henley [undecipherable]