District of Maryland Supervisors Office July 12^th 1794 Sir Your letter of 9^th Inst. was duly received at this Office, & agreeably to your desire I have transmitted to Capt. Richard S^ct Blackburn at Alexandria the sum of Five hundred dollars. I am very respectfully Sir Your M^o Obt Serv for [undecipherable] Supervisor [signature in circle] Joseph Howell Esq Accountant to the War Office [Address on wrapper:] The Honble Henry Knox Secretary of War Maryland Supervisor's Office [Docket:] Blackburn, Richd S. capt. [undecipherable] corps 1794 [Administrative notation:] Reced Jul[y] 13 [undecipherable] [Summary notation on wrapper:] July [undecipherable] 1794 to Capt. Richard S. Blackburn Alexandria $500