[War Office Sept^r 19^th 1798 Clothing &c for Captⁿ James Read at Easton P^a Issued —] War department. September 19. 1798 Sir Be pleased to deliver to Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r for transportation to Captain James Read at Easton Pennsylvania two Sargeants, two Musicians and eighteen privates, suits of Artillerist Clothing— also twenty stands of Arms and Accoutrements, twenty two Knapsacks and twenty two Canteens, and one Drum and fife and four Sargeant Swords. James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris