Philadelphia 18 August 1797 Sir, By order of the Secretary of War I send to your address the articles of Clothing inserted in the enclosed invoice You will please to acknowledge the receipt of the Bale and Note whether the contents agree with the invoice I am Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgdon Ensign R Boote [address leaf:] [To] [undecipherable: Col.?] Hodg[don] [undecipherable] 18^th 1797 Ensign R Boote [undecipherable] Greenwich New [undecipherable] With a Bale by Stage