Fort Wilkinson 17 March 1798 Exchange for 500 dollars At thirty days sight of this my first of Exchange second and third of same tenor and date not paid pay Alexander Bilsland of the city of Philadelphia Merch^t or order Five hundred dollars for that sum paid under the orders of the P.T.A. for Indian Affairs South of Ohio for the Assistants in his department for the year 1797 and for which I have his drafts on me as U S factor 500 Dol^rs [To the Hon^ble James McHenry Secretary of War] Edward Price Factor the Indian trade [Answered April 14: 1798] Received May 16. 1798 of William Simmons Accountant a Warrant N^o 2790 for five hundred dollars, being for so much paid under the orders of Benj.^a Hawkins, Principal Temporary Agent for Indian Affairs South of the Ohio for the Assistants in his Department for the year 1797 for which sum the Secretary of War directs that the said Benj.^a Hawkins to be accountable $500. — Bilsland