[Docketing on cover: "Knoxville Aug [undecipherable] 1799 / [undecipherable] / rec'd [undecipherable] from / Aug 10 1799"] [Address panel: "William Simmons Esquire / the account has [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] / Philadelphia"] [Left margin: "1799"] Knoxville N° 28 August 1799 Sir — I now inclose you an Extract of my Entries for july; as also Abstracts denoting the credits on my Books for Bills drawn on the Secretary of War, Secretary of the Treasury, and M^r John Harris from the May 1795 to 25 June 1799 amounting to $10,317.25 Dollars, which I Request you will cause to be examined as early as possible that I may know if I have omitted any Sums in favor of the United States I am with Respect Your Hum^ble Serv^t David Henley Dep^y [undecipherable] William Simmons Esquire