Received September 29 1800 of Williams Simmons Account ant a Warrant N^o 5248 issued by the Sec^y of War for eight thousand three hundred sixty seven dollars & 37/100 in full for the within Bill— Dⁿ 8367. 37. Geo. [undecipherable: probable reading: Bell] Exchange for 8367: 37 Knoxville T. 9 September, 1800 Sir— After ten days sight of this my first Bill of Exchange second of like tenor and date unpaid, pay George [undecipherable: probable reading: Bell] or order eight thousand three hundred sixty seven dollars and thirty seven [undecipherable] Cents it being for value received of him in Specia [undecipherable] and is to be appropriated to the paying the [undecipherable] troops under [undecipherable] Colonel [undecipherable] in Tennessee [undecipherable] July August and September. for which Sum I hold myself accountable as per advice of the same— I am Sir &c Your Hum^d Servant David Henley [undecipherable] The honorably [undecipherable] Dexter— [presented 26 Sept] Samuel [undecipherable] Secretary [undecipherable] [undecipherable] City of Washington