Receipt Samuel Meredit^h D^r 4500.— Oct^r 21^th 1800 Received Oct. 21 1800 of William Simmons Accountant a Warrant N.º 5295 issued by the Secretary of War for Four thousand five hundred Dollars to be transmitted by me to Samuel Hodgdon at Philadelphia Agent for Joseph Williams Pay master &Store Keeper at Springfield for the pay of the Armourers employed at that place, the Supply of Iron Steel &c for the present month of October agreeably to Estimate on file: for which Sum the said Joseph Williams to be accountable — Doll^s 4500.— William Doughty [undecipherable: signature flourish]