Exchange for $500. N^o 5 Wilmington N^C. 1 June 1799 On sight of this my First of Exchange (second of same tenor and date unpaid) please pay to Benjamin Smith or order Five hundred Dollars value received by Contract this day entered into agreeably to your Instructions for erecting part of Fort Johnson at the mouth of Cape Fear River To The hon.^ble [undecipherable: C. L. M^c Lerian?] James McHenry Esq^r fo Del^t. Secretary of the War Department Philadelphia [seal] [Endorsed on verso:] [undecipherable: B. d. Smith?] Paid Thos. P. [undecipherable] Drawn a note Value [undecipherable] vol[undecipherable] [undecipherable: Simms? Sloan?] Received July 15^th 1799 of William Simmons Accountt. a Warrant N^o 4811 for One thousand eight hundred thirty three Dollars & thirty three Cents, in full for the within Bills of Exchange Jos. Shoemaker Oct 1833. 32 Jn^o [undecipherable] d. Davies