War Office Decem^r 11^th 1797. Sir Be pleased to deliver to Captⁿ John Barry for the Frigate United States. a pair of large Jack screws — and am Sir your Ob^t Ser^t — James McHenry [signed] Samuel [undecipherable: Hodgdon] M^r John Harris — [verso:] War Office Decem^r 11^th 1797. chars to in order [undecipherable] Barry for the Frigate [undecipherable: do.]