Accountants Office August 2^d 1798 I Certify that there is due to Richard J Blackbu[rn] 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 expences of recruiting Incidental &Contingent expences & monies remaining in his hands from the pay of himself & the Detachment under his command at Fort Norfolk between 1 February 97 & the 31 May 98 which sum is payable to Lieutenant Ferdinand L Claiborne who is to be held account- able to pay the same to the said Cap^tn Blackburn — Incid^l & Cont^t expences W. Simmons W.D. D^s 6.67 Acct^t The Secretary of War —