War Office, Ridge Road, Sept^r 26, 1797. Sir, Enclosed, you have transmitted to you, a Post Note, for two hundred dollars, on account of the Recruiting Service — You will please to transmit me, by return of Post, under cover to the Sec^y of War, your Receipt for the same. I am, Sir, Your obedient Servant, Samuel Lewis Sew^r Ensign W^m R. Booke [Endorsement, verso: Samuel Lewis / Sept 26 1797 / War Office / [undecipherable: probable reading: McTamman?] / Ensign William R. Booke / New Brunswick]