[A 1426 Enc^d] David Stodder Bill — 500$ 1 Samuel Sterrett Rec^d Aug^t 4. 1795 of William Simmes, amount'd a Warrant N^o 579 for five hundred Dollars, being in full of the within Bill of Exchange $p [undecipherable] 500 [undecipherable] Sterrett [signature] Dol^t 500 Baltimore, 24^th July 1795 At Sight Please to pay M^r Sam^t Sterrett or Order Five Hundred dollars, being the Am^t of one quarter Sallery, as Naval Constructor for the United States. (from the 24^th April to this date, Three Months p^t. Value received The Hon^ble James McHenry Esq^r. Your Humb^le Ser^t Secretary of War Philadelphia David Stodder