[404] David Henley Es^q No^t 4 Knoxvill Accountants Office Nov^r 7, 1799 Sir I have received your letter Dated the 16 ult^o with the extract from your Waste Books as therein mentioned — The fever having disappeared we are again safely returned to Debtor & I shall continue here, where you will direct your communications — I am &c H.S. --- Gen^l Sam^l Smith Baltimore Nov^r 8 1799 Sir I have received your letter dated the 5^th Instant relative to the arrears of pay which may be due to Christopher Hackman a Soldier in Capt Parks Company of Torquins. In answer to which I have to inform you that the Pay master of the troops in that quarter has not yet rendered his accounts for settlement so that it is impossible either to ascertain the State of the Soldier or the arrearages which may have been due him at his decease — I shall however forward immediately a Copy of your letter to the agent of the War Department at Knoxville & direct him to inform me what balance was due Hackman, & when I receive this information I will communicate to you the necessary steps to be taken and to recovery — I am &c H.S.