[506] David Henley Esq^r & M^D Knoxville Tennessee Accountants Office January 27^th 1800 Sir In the answer of [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] file [undecipherable] a roll of names of certain listers of [undecipherable] troops of Congress [undecipherable] in arrears of pay whilst in that [undecipherable: Troop] on examination of the pay rolls of this [undecipherable: Office] I am informed that the balance as stated on the enclosed [undecipherable] still are due to the men in [undecipherable] states & that the same was placed [undecipherable] their hands to [undecipherable] pay master. In this case [undecipherable] applied to [undecipherable] to inform of their names which he paid [undecipherable] William [undecipherable] & Peter [undecipherable] to 31 October 1796 in full, and Christopher Ellis from 1 May to 21 October 1796, having a balance due him from 1 January to 30 April amounting to [undecipherable] dollars at which sums agreeable to the [undecipherable] Rolls you are hereby directed to pay to the [undecipherable] on their [undecipherable] persons or their attorney legally [undecipherable] to receive the same. For your information I send you a copy of the memorandums [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] by which you will observe where [undecipherable] men now are, after you shall have completed the payment you will [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Roll as a [undecipherable] for your accounts. [undecipherable]