Sir War Office 13^th February 1797 The Secretary of War has no [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] requests of this date. But Persons [undecipherable] to the Officers Commissary, the Post and [undecipherable] [undecipherable], to [undecipherable] the Members [undecipherable] [Board?] the [undecipherable] at your [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] at the Post and [undecipherable] also to accommodate the [undecipherable] there may be employed in [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] I am Sir yours [signature: undecipherable] [seal] Lorenzo [Hamerstly?] Naval Constructor [undecipherable]