[Administrative notes on wrapper:] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Philip [undecipherable] lords dated [undecipherable] 15^th of [undecipherable] 1797 also [undecipherable] 1798 Encap[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Pa. Capt[undecipherable] [undecipherable] advices under Sm. Sh[undecipherable] [Butler?] [undecipherable] Adj. General 1797 Encap[undecipherable] 9. 2^d 3^d 8^d Penn. Capt[undecipherable] [undecipherable] advices under Sm. Sh[undecipherable] Post at [undecipherable] 15^th Feb^y 97 Sir, I had the honor to write you on the 14^th Ultimo, and to forward a Copy of the Muster &c, agreably to the Organization, I hope they got safe to hand, I have now the honor to transmit a muster of the Surplusage of the late Legion of the United States, mustered agreably to the Orders of the late Commander in Chief, Copies are also forwarded to the Paymaster General, & the Paymaster of the 1^st Battalion of Artillerists & Engineers, who, by the same order was to pay these men as a Detachment of that Corps— Captⁿ Boles & Guion's Companies being at Fort Massac, their particular Rolls since the Organization has not come to hand, they may however be considered as compleat, a Detachment having been forwarded equal to the Deficiency which appeared on their latest musters. I have the honor to be. with great Respect Your Ob^ed. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Butler Adj^t General The Hon^bl. James McHenry Esq^r. Sec^ty of War