[Letter Feb^y 6, 1800] [to W^m Harris Esq^re] [Please open the within to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for his [undecipherable]] No 45 J[ames] McHenry Sec^y of War Philadel[phia] [Received March 3, 1800 of William Simmons Accountant allowance [undecipherable] $[undecipherable] or five hundred & eighty five Dollars in full for the within [undecipherable] Dol^rs $585.— [undecipherable signature] respectfully [undecipherable]] [allowance [undecipherable] $585] [undecipherable location], [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] January 1800 Sir After ten days sight of this my first Bill of Exchange [second of the same tenor] and date unpaid pay [undecipherable] W. [undecipherable] or order Five hundred and eighty five dollars it being for so much he [undecipherable] [undecipherable] McBee [undecipherable] for Swaggoning for the Garrison at [undecipherable] and is on account of the Quarter Master Dep[artmen]t for which sum a [undecipherable] yourself accountable [undecipherable] advice of the same. I am Sir Your [undecipherable: probable reading "Most Obt Serv^t"] [undecipherable signature] The Honorable James McHenry Secretary War Philad[elphi]a