[Accountants Office August 2, 1798] I Certify that there is due to Richard S Black^t Captain in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of six Dollars & sixty seven Cents being for balance of his account Current embracing Bounties to Soldiers expenses of recruiting Incidental & contingent expenses & monies remaining in his hands from the pay^t of himself & the Detachment under his command at Fort-Norfolk between 21 February 1797 & the 31 May 1798 which sum is payable to Lieutenant Ferdinand L. Claiborne who is to be held accountable to pay the same to the said Cap^t Blackburn — Incid^t & Cont^t expenses W^t D^t $6.67 W Simmons Acct 2^d The Secretary of War —