[Endorsement, upper portion:] 542.25 5305. 8 Dol[lars] 548.33 [undecipherable] on account 9. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] July 19 [1798] [undecipherable] [Address, right margin:] John Dawson claim [Filing notation, lower left:] July 19, 1r- War department, July 19^th 1798. Sir, I have admitted the following Claims of the Executive of Virginia against the United States, viz: 1. The Expences incurred by the Officers composing a Court Martial for the purpose of trying Colonel Nolls ... amounting to . . . . . . 264. 88 2. Ditto for trying Captain Carleton . . . ...... 166. 6 3. Ditto Witnesses attending the trial of Captain Hawkins . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 33 4. Expences incurred in arresting the Ship Phœnix, an illicit Privateer . . . . . . . . . 97. 98 Dollars ...542. 25 With respect to the Claim on account of payments made to Proprietors appointed by the Executive of Virginia to pay Militia entitled to the defensive fund claims of the Frontier, it has been thought adviseable to defer any decision thereon till such time as the subject can be further investigated; it not being in the power of the Secretary at this moment to make the necessary enquiries to establish the ground for such applications and defenses. The claim for payments on account of the Indian [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] by the general government, nor any of its Agents for I am Sir, with respect Your ob^t Servant, James McHenry John Dawson Esq^r.,