Philad^a July 23^d 1798 Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^t Sir In Consequence of application to Major Starr of Danbury Connecticut — This m[undecipherable] received his Certif^t relative to the Station held b[y] M^r Jon^a Phillips under him last War — I beg leave to hand you inclosed as Corroborat[ing] testimony of his merit; — Renewedly soliciting an[d] implicitly relying on your favorable attention to his application, shou[ld] any [undecipherable] [undecipherable] present — I remain, most respectfully, Sir, Your Ob^t Serv^t Edw^d Lynch [Docketing: Edward Lynch / 25 July 1798 / recd [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Gentlemen] --- To whom it may concern — That Jonathan Phillips, served in the Corps of Artisans in the 2^d Reg^t — here at Danbury State of Connecticut in the Year 1778, as [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] part of which time, he had the command [undecipherable] — in which capacity he served with faithfulness, & approbation — — [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Danbury July [undecipherable] 1798 [signature]