War Office Jany 7^th 1797 Sir You will find enclosed a rough draught of the [State?] of the Store, which will guide you in [undecipherable] exhibiting the [undecipherable] prices and [undecipherable]. The [undecipherable] has got the [undecipherable] [draught?] with all the [undecipherable] amounts [undecipherable] in it. It [undecipherable] only with the Secretary of War to send [undecipherable] on— as has been [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & Mr. [undecipherable] of the 22^nd Instant, has been received and also he is [undecipherable: not?] [undecipherable] as a 3^d [payment?] [undecipherable]. The fore [Castle?] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to this [Treasury?] to [transmit?] [undecipherable] his 3^d [Payment?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] expect to receive in [defence?] [days?] I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you [undecipherable] inform [undecipherable] in a few days, the [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & am with Respect your [ob^t?] [Ser^t?] [undecipherable] Cap^t. Thomas Thompson Portsmouth