Knoxville September, 4^th 179[undecipherable] I received your Letter of the 15^th Ulto and observe that John Christian [undecipherable] has been guilty of the basest Conduct in altering his Receipts. It has long been my Opinion that he was unworthy of public Confidence and that his Accounts was unjust— I know of no other method of securing the public debt, but by a public Order for me to Prosecute him immediately, And then it would be [undecipherable: probable reading "uncourteous"] but it would have the happy effect of exposeing, and I think of punishing him for being guilty of Perjury in Swearing to his Accounts which are unjust and therefore prove he has been guilty of what I alledge. — There may be a probability of recovering something as he is in the Indian Nation with a License to trade, granted by my self. from good Security, And from the encouragement he had by letters from Gentlemen high in office and Respectably he ought to be convicted of his Villainy and I should be forced to do that. I am with Respect Your Humble Serv^t David Henley To William Simmons Esq^r Agent of War