[Cover: The Honorable / James M^cHenry / Secretary of War / Philadelphia] [Endorsement: Pittsburgh [undecipherable] 1798] Pittsburgh 2. May 1798 S I R, IN pursuance of the authority of your letter of the 6^th day of April 1798 — I have drawn a duplicate sett of bills of exchange on you, No. 192 dated at Pittsburgh the 2^d day of May 1798 at ten days sight, in favor of [undecipherable: probable reading James Sterele] or order for the sum of One Thousand dollars, on account of the pay of the Army for 1798. I have the honour to be Sir, your Obt. Humble Servant [undecipherable: signature] The Hon. Sec. of War United States. --- [Copy] [Cover: [mark] / The Honorable / James M^cHenry / Sec.^y of War / Philadelphia] [Annotation: 1621 [undecipherable]] Pittsburgh 2 May 1798 S I R, IN pursuance of the authority of your letter of the 6^th day of [April] 1798 I have drawn a duplicate sett of bills of exchange on you, No. 205 dated at Pittsburgh the 2^d day of May 1798 — ten days sight, in favor of [undecipherable] or order for the sum of [undecipherable: Two Thou]sand dollars, on account of the [undecipherable: subsistence] of [undecipherable: officers of the Army] for 1798. I have the honour to be Sir, your Obt. Humble [Servant] [undecipherable: signature — partially obscured by seal] The Hon. Sec. of War United States.