[War Office Jany 4. 1798 16 Stand of Arms & Accoutrements to be lent to M^r Wignell Rec^d the Arms Jany 9 =98] War Office January 4. 1798 Sir, Be pleased to deliver to M^r. Wignell or order Sixteen stands of Arms and accoutrements to be returned in the same condition as he shall receive them; any damage they may sustain he is to be answerable for. of [strikethrough: course] you will examine them before delivery Sam^d Your obed^t servant James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris [undecipherable] Water St. --- Sir You are to please deliver the Arms be [undecipherable]. to the Secretary of War's permission — to the Bearer and Oblige Your Obedient Servant, Thomas Wignell The^atre 4^th Jan^y 1798.