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Governors. Island. January. 4th. 1795 . . . . . .


Sir, I inclose you a Muster Roll . for December... And . Should you think proper . to Send . a Draft on Coll. Fish. I. will be much Oblidged to you as for . the receipts I . will Deliver to you the. 5th . . of February when I. expect to be in Philadelphia to Close my Accounts . for . the Year 1794 ~ 


                                                                   I. am Dear Sir - 
                                                                   Your friend &. humble Servt
                                                                   Corn R Ledam
                                                                   Capt. 1st Sub Legion
                                                                   [flourish]

there are a lot of periods that are not at end of sentences - it is not clear if these were intended as punctuation marks or were just blots of ink - as other letters in the archive don't have this pattern.-- 129.174.131.146 19:09, 31 December 2021 (EST) Description says the author is "Cornelius" but the signature appears to be Corn? for the first name so I transcribed it as Corn