[5943] [Pay to Tristram Dalton / or order [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] Value rec'd in / order [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] 23 Jan.^y 1801 Received Feb.^y 13° 1801 from William Simmons account-ant a Warrant N^o 5474 for One thousand Dollars in full for the within Bill — Tristram Dalton D^o: 1000. — Ag^t. Bank. [undecipherable] Dollars(1000) Beacon Island November 14^th 1800 — Sir Ten days after sight hereof, please to pay this my first of exchange, (the second of the same tenor and date not being paid) to John Wallace Esq^r or order the Sum of one thousand dollars, being for value received as p^r advice of this date, and charge the same to my account as Superintendant of the works erecting at this place, I am Sir, Yours with respect, James Taylor The Hon^ble Sam. Dexter Esq^r Sec^y of War United States [undecipherable] N^o 5474 —