N^o 2 $500 New Bern 5^th May 1800 At Sight of this my first of exchange (the Second being unpaid,) Pay to John Devereux Esq^r or order Five Hundred dollars, for value reived, which place to account for expenditures on the works to be erected at Beacon Island, as per my letter of advice of state And oblige Yo^r M^t Sv^t The Hble James McHenry Esq^r Sec^y of War James Taylor Captain United States 6^th U States Regiment [written vertically on left margin: 500 Dollars] [endorsement:] [undecipherable: 35108] Pay into the order of Isaac Hazlehurst & co W^o Devereux Isaac Hazlehurst [receipt:] Received May 23^d 1800 of William Simmons accountant a Warrant N^o 6068 for Five hundred Dollars in full for the within [undecipherable] Dol^s 500.— Hazlehurst & [undecipherable] for Isaac Hazlehurst