[Docket on verso: April 22^d 1800 / the Secretary of War / Authorising to Samuel [undecipherable] / to the Arsenal, pay Masters in / the Army at Harpers [Ferry] / necessary — / O. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to / [undecipherable]] Extract from Instructions given to Samuel Annin dated 22^d April 1800. " With the approbation of the President of the United " States, you are hereby appointed to succeed M^r John Macky " as Paymaster and Store keeper for the Arsenal, Magazine " and Armoury at Harper's Ferry, on the Potomac, in Virginia " In the Execution of the trust committed to you, you ", will be governed by the Instructions given to your predecessor, " under date of the 13^th August & 11^th September, 1798, and at sun- "-dry subsequent periods, and by such others as you may re- "-ceive from time to time; with respect to the vouchers & forms " for rendering and settling your accounts, by such instructions " as have been or may be given by the Accountant of the De- " partment of War; and in the mode of keeping the books, [underline: and rendering the Returns of all Articles intrusted to your] " Superintendance, by the forms that have been or may be " furnished by the Superintendent of Military Stores." " Your Salary will be Six Hundred Dollars per annum " and one Ration per Day, with the necessary Rooms for Lodging " and all reasonable Expenses incurred on Journies which you " may have to make on public Business will be allowed in the " Settlement of your Accounts." A true extract H^r [undecipherable] Cl^k W. O.