War Office 19 May 1796 Gave Mr Glen an order for the Boats and implements in the hands of Saml Thorn

[words below are upside down compared to words above] War Department Samuel Hodgdon Esq War Office May 19. 1796 Sir, Be pleased to deliver to Mr Jacob S Glen the three three handed Boats with all their apparatus now in possession of Samuel Thorne of Schenectady – I am Sir Your obed servant James McHenry Secretary of War

Samuel Hodgdon Esq 71 No. Water St.