Pay of the Army

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D'Etroit 8 April 1797. Sir In pursuance of your letter of the 20^th January 1797. I have arawn a sett of bills on you at ten days sight N^o. 1/6. in favor of Abijah & John M^cHure as order for two thousand two hundred dollars on account of the pay of the Army for November and December 1796. being in place of Meekers & Cochrans bice for 4,000 Dollars in my favor I have the Honor to be Sir your Most Ob^t [seal] [undecipherable: probable reading Iman] The Honble James Mc Henry Secretary of War [Verso notations:] [undecipherable] D^r Etroit [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the honor [undecipherable] [undecipherable] M^cHenry [undecipherable: James M^cHenry] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]

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Autograph Letter Signed

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Swan has drawn a set of bills on McHenry in favor of Abraham and John McHume for $2,200 on account of the pay of the Army for November and December 1796 being in place of Meeker and Cochran's bill for $4900 in Swan's favor.