Received October 19 1799 of M^r Simmons accountant a Warrant N^o 4547 issued by the Secretary of War for Three thousand Dollars, on acc.^t of the Subsistance of the Army for which sum William Coffane Contractor for supplying the Troops at Fort Jay, West Point &c in the State of New York to be accountable. Dols 3000— [signature: undecipherable] [Verso — docket, written sideways:] for [undecipherable] to pay [undecipherable] [signature: undecipherable] [undecipherable] Trenton 1^st Oct. 1799. Sir Be pleased to pay to the order of my Agent M^r John Barnes— a [undecipherable] to M^r O'Hara the sum (or nearly to) of my Aug.^t account expected daily from N York — to the [undecipherable] of whose Rept I hold myself responsible for on said account I am I am mo.^st ob.^t Ser.^t To James W Henry Esq^r [signature: undecipherable] [undecipherable] —