D^etroit Oct^r 12 1797. SIR In pursuance of the authority of your letter of the 11^th day of August 1797 — I have drawn a duplicate sett of bills of Exchange on you, No. 169 dated at D^etroit the 12^th day of October 1797 at ten days sight, in favour of Cap^t Andrew M^cClary P.M^r or order for the sum of Eight hundred and twenty one dollars, on account of the Subsistence of the army up to the 30 September 1797. I have the honour to be Sir, your Obt. Humble Servant. [signature: J. Mau] The Hon. J. M^cHenry Sec. of War. United States. [Presented for accp^t 4 April 98] [No. 169. A M^ca] [To The Honorable James M^cHenry Secretary of War Philadelphia]