[September 26, 1785]
Know all men by these presents that We, Samuel Hardy, William Grayson, James Monroe1 and Richard Henry Lee of the State of Virginia are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which sum we bind ourselves, our heirs and Executors jointly and severally to pay or cause to be paid to the said United States. In witness whereof We have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 26th day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty five.
The condition of the above obligation is such that if Arthur Lee appointed one of the Commissioners of the Board of Treasury2 of the aforesaid United States of America in pursuance of an Ordinance of Congress passed the twenty eighth day of May one thousand seven hundred and eighty four entitled an Ordinance for putting the Department of Finance into Commission shall well and faithfully execute the duties and trusts reposed in him as one of the said Commissioners conformably to the Resolves and Ordinances of Congress, then this obligation is to be void and of no effect, otherwise to remain in full force.
Signed Sealed and delivered in the presence of us.
James McHenry
S Hardy
Wm. Hindman
Richard Henry Lee
Willm. Grayson
Signed, sealed & delivered by Richard Henry Lee in the presence of us.
Roger Alden
Benjamin Bankson Jur
Receiver's copy, Papers of Continental Congress, Miscellaneous Papers, reel 9, fol. 426, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
1 Monroe had recently left New York and did not sign this bond.
2 For Lee's July 27 appointment, see JCC, 29:582. See also James Monroe to James Madison, December 18, 1784, note 5; and Monroe to Thomas Jefferson, April 12, note 12.