[To Lt Col Comm^d Doughty 4 March 1791 -] Philadelphia 4^th March 1791 Major Doughty The President of the United States by and with the advice of the Senate, has appointed you, as a rec[ompense] for your long and faithful [service,] Lieutenant Colonel Commandant of an additional regiment, of Infantry, which is to be immediately raised [strikethrough: abefore] the establishment — He will be [undecipherable] as follows: — 1 [company] in Delaware, 1 in Delaware, 1 Rhode Island 1 New Hamp[shire], 1 in Massachusetts and two in Connecticut — The Majors are Lemuel Fitch, to Burnham of Massachusetts & Jonathan Heart of Connecticut officers were thus appointed as well as Major General[undecipherable] as Comm^dg officers — [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] gone — You may furnish [opportunity] — the Officers [undecipherable] and can be informed until Monday — [undecipherable] I flatter myself that you will embrace the [undecipherable] accept of this honorable [strikethrough: appointment], in which case you will report to this place [undecipherable] becomes known Respectfully your aff'd —