Department of War Accountants Office May 6^th 1799 I Certify that there is due to the troops stationed at Fort M'Henry under the command of Cap^t James Morris the sum of Five hundred eighty eight Dollars & eighty two cents being for pay of himself Lieu^t [undecipherable] Ensign [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & non commissioned Officers & Privates for the month of April 1799 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kelly Supervisor at Baltimore to be by him paid to the said Cap^t Morris who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof — J. Hooper Act^d [undecipherable] Pay of the Army $588.82 The Secretary of War: