Sir Lieu^t M^c Callen com- :manding the Company of Capt. M^c Ree having represented to you at the day of Muster the Case of Jourdan Kersey an Inlisted Soldier in his Company. I have made the enquiry you requested; & find he is a man of Colour, [strikethrough: Duty] inlisted in the Company of Cap^t M^c Ree & retain'd as a Waiter by L^t Rowan West Point. Feby 8^th 1796 [referred to the Secretary of War's decision, but not mustered as Soldier Z. N^tm. Lowle] [Hep: Rochefontaine lt. col. comd. of the corps of art. blas. adjutant] I am Sir Your ob^t H^ble