[Endorsement on wrapper: William Mears / [undecipherable] / Colonel [undecipherable] / 29 [undecipherable] 1799] [Address: Major Hodgdon] Major Hodgdon Phil^a February 22. 1799 Sir I hereby agree to make any quantity of Cartouch Boxes and Belts agreeable to this statement Viz — Say for a Cartouch Box with a Belt 2 Inches wide the Box to Contain 29 Cartridges square flap with a piece of Sheepskin to Cover Cartridges also a front flap and Pocket under the woodwork to hold the screws oil cloth flints &c Ten Shillings — for D^o with a Belt to go round the Body and a frog on that Belt to receive the Bayonett scabbard Eleven shillings and three pence — for D^o with Cartouch Box and Belt and also a [undecipherable: probable reading "Waist"] Belt with Buckle & Tip & a Brass plate to Answer the same as Buckles and Tips — that each Company may be distinguished by; Fifteen Shillings For Bayonett Scabbards two Shillings And I have the Honour to be Sir your very Hbl^e Ser^vt William Mears