[Outer cover notation, rotated:] [Clothing &c. &c. &c. for Lieut. F. L. Claiborne to be &c. &c. by Richmond Virginia] [War Office Mar 28. 1797] War Office November 28. 1797. Sir Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. to be by him transported to Richmond in Virginia addressed to Lieut Ferdinand L Claiborne thirty suits of Infantry Clothing complete thirty stands of Arms and Accoutrements thirty Knapsacks and sixty Canteens — James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris