[Endorsement on cover:] War Office July 3. 1798 [undecipherable] Cap^t. G[eorge] Taylor [undecipherable] of the M[undecipherable] War department July 3. 1798 Sir, Be pleased to deliver to the order of Cap^t. George Taylor Sixty four Swords one drum one fife one drum Carriage and one pair of Drum Sticks for the use of the Company of Artillery under his Command Taking his receipts to be accounted for & returned at the expiration of the engagement or other discharge of the said Company pursuant to the third Section of the supplement to the act authorizing the President to raise a provisional Army - you will also deliver him a brass Six pounder with its carriage and implements complete to be returned on the fifth instant — James McHenry [signature] M^r. John Harris Return of the Company of Artillerists, commanded by George Taylor, and attached to Macphersons Corps of Blues. [Table with columns: Captains | Lieutenants | Cadets | Sergeants | Corporals | Musicians | Artificers | Privates] 1 · 2 · 2 · 4 · 4 · 2 · 10 · 42 Total 67 Men Return of supplies wanted for the above Company. 2 Swords for Cadets 4 ditto , Serjeants [strikethrough: 4 ditto] , Corporals 2 ditto , Musicians 10 ditto , Artificers 42 ditto , Privates In all 64 Swords 1 Drum 1 fife } 1 fife case } for 2 Musicians belonging 1 Drum Carriage } to the Company. 1 pair Drum Sticks } Philadelphia 2^nd July 1798. G^e: Taylor Cap^t. of Artillerist & [undecipherable]