Philad^a August 27. 1800 Israel Whelan Esq purveyor. Sir Please to let the Bearer have Forty dollars on account for the use of Contingent Expences for proving powder and you will much oblige Sir your most obed^t. Serv^t $40 John Nicholson [Philad^a Aug. 28^th 1800 Rec^d of Israel Whelan Esq purveyor Forty Dollars in full of the within order $40 for J^no Nicholson W^m [undecipherable: probable reading: Bass]] [verso: [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] John Nicholson Aug^t 28. 1800 $40.]