[Endorsement:] letter from the Sec^y of War dated 13 November 1798 to Ebenezer Stevens &c &c directing the [undecipherable] to furnish [undecipherable] to the troops in Garrison in the harbour of New York 1 [undecipherable] Extract of a letter from the Secretary of War to Colonel Ebenezer Stevens, dated War Department, 13.^th Nov.^r 1798. — "If you will undertake to furnish a quan- " tity of those articles (Woolen Overalls) for the troops in Garrison " in the harbour of New York, and four hundred pairs for the " Garrison at West Point, payment shall be made you therefor, " at the rate of one dollar and fifty Cents for each pair, being " the price allowed therefor under the present Contract; provided " upon inspection they shall be found to be equal to those " furnished the troops under the Command of Captain Frye." — A true extract [undecipherable]