Exchange for $1000 At Sight of this my first of Exchange (Second of same tenor & date unpaid) Pay to Benjamin Smith or order One thousand Dollars value received: And place it to Account, with a [undecipherable] further advice, to the Contract for erecting the Fortifications at Fort Johnston Cape fear River — G. J. M^cRee Wilmington N.C. Sep^t 15^th 1800 To The Hono^ble James [undecipherable] Esquire Sec^y of War. City Washington [verso:] [undecipherable: By the Commissioner &c?] [undecipherable line] [undecipherable: Oct?] 20^th [undecipherable] Pay the Contents to Le Roy Bayard & M^c Evers of New York or to their Order — [signed] Benjaⁿ Smith please remit in the amount as per Conditions to you of the date Required October 20, 1800 Le Roy Bayard & M^c Evers Received October 25 1800 of William Simmons Accountant a Warrant N^o 5295 for One thousand dollars, in full for the within Bill, which Sum is to be transmitted by me to M^rs Le Roy Bayard & M^c Evers at New York — D^rs 1000. [signed] [undecipherable]