N^o 1      D^ls 500                              NewBern 5^th May 1800 For value received At Ten days sight of this my first of exchange (the second being unpaid) Pay to Prieur Manning El^sq. or order, Five hundred dollars, which place to account for expenditures on the works to be erected at Beacon Island as p^r my letter of advice of date. And oblige                         The Hoble                                   Y^r Ob^t Servant James McHenry Es^q.                          James Taylor     Secretary of War                     Cap^tn C^ps [undecipherable] Es^q.         United States. [3707] Pay M^r James F. Mazurie or order, Value rec^d in ac^t. NewBern 8^th May 1840. [strikethrough: iac] Manning Received May 28^th 1800 of William Simmons account= ant a Warrant N^o 5064 for five hundred Dollars in full for the within Bill — Dol^rs 500 —     J. Mazurie