[Endorsement on cover:] War Office Feb⁵ 1798 — deliver — one [undecipherable] for the frigate U.S. — [Address:] M^r John Harris [AF] Sir War Office 3 February 1798 Be pleased to deliver to Lieut M^cRea for the Marines on board the Frigate United States, one Musket complete, on his returning one to be repaired which has been broken by accident. — I am Sir Your Ob^t Serv^t James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris