[ Autographs ] James McHenry 1753-1816 Signer of the Constitution, Secretary of War, and private secretary to George Washington and Lafayette. L.S. 1p. 4to., [Washington], Jan. 27, 1797 requesting that the Secretary of the Treasury pay out E5,600 to "Invalid Pensioners of the United States... " Fold splits crudely repaired on verso with some show-through, one fold re-split, signature largely unaffected.