War Office, Oct.^r 20. 1797. Sir, Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Superintendant of Military Stores, to be forwarded to Capt. Griffith J. McRee of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, Four Sergeants, two Musicians and forty four complete Suits of Clothing, also four pair of silk and four pair of worsted Epaulets, fifty Canteens, fifty Knapsacks, forty eight Stands of Arms and Accoutrements, sixteen Screws, sixteen Worms, four Sergeants and two Musicians Swords, one Drum with Sling, Carr &^a one pair of Drum Sticks and one fife — I am Sir with respect Your obed^t Servant, N^o Jones By Orders Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris K. M. S. [cover]: War Office October 20.^th 1797. Cloathing arms & accoutrements to be forwarded to Capt. Griffith J. McRee at Wilmington North Carolina [flourish]