Cincinnati Aug^t 2^d 1798. SIR, 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. 264 dated at Cincinnati the 2^d day of August 1798 at ten days fight, in favor of Cornelius R Sedam or order for the sum of Seven Hundred dollars, on account of the pay of the army for 1798. I have the honour to be Sir, your Obt. Humble Servant. [undecipherable] The Hon. Sec. of War United States. [Postal address panel: The Honorable / James McHenry / Secretary [of War] / Philadelphia] [seal] [Postal notation: Chainburg] [Received notation: recd 3 [undecipherable]]