Knoxville August 29^th 1799 Sir I have drawn on you this day in favor of Thomas Humes or order for One thousand Dollars, payable after ten days sight, for which Value has been received in Services, And the Same is to be Appropriated to paying the Officers of the Regular Troops under the Command of Lieu Colonel Thomas Butler their Subsistence Accounts, having passed the amount to the Credit of the Treasurer, Request your paying the same. I am very Respectfully Your Humble Servant David Henley Agent of War The Honorable James M^cHenry Secretary of War Philadelphia