[undecipherable] L^t Peter Marks Order in fav^r Cap^t Howell Lewis on Acc^t of his Pay & for which accountable Dolls 300 — July 20^th 1797 [undecipherable: probable reading Jy 5] Charlottesville Virginia, Rec^d of Cap^t Howell Lewis Three Hundred Dollars in part of my pay as 1^st L^t in the Service of the United States Peter Marks 1^st 3^d Reg^t U States [left margin: Wit [undecipherable] / Geo M'[undecipherable]] Received July 20^th 1797 of William Simmons Esq^r Accountant a Warrant N^o 2205 for Three hundred Dollars in full of the above receipt agreeably to the annexed letter of L^t Marks to the Sec^y of War. Howell Lewis Cap^t [seal] 3 Rg^t U States [D^r 300]