War Department, 11^th March 1800. Sir, I have recieved your letter of the 6^th ins^t. in which you state your claim to a Lieutenants proportion of Continental Military Bounty Land. I should be pleased to have it in my power to grant your request; but this it is impossible for me to do, as by your own statement you quitted the Service before the termination of the War, & as I am not in possesion of any Documents which would bring you within the Acts of Congress. I am, Sir, Your most obed^t. Servant James McHenry William McPherson Esquire. [address leaf:] [seal] War Department James McHenry William McPherson, Esquire, Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Pennsylvania FREE Lancaster. p^a.