With integral address leaf (incomplete)
Acknowledges receipt of Ward's of the 29th of Feb.: "The favorable sentiments of a good man, and one who has executed diligently and faithfully the duties of his station, cannot fail being agreeable."
Ward was at the time the Commisary-General of Musters, Continental Army.
Watermark: Dove and initials T.M.W
Fitzpatrick (vol. 18, p. 66) records draft in the hand of James McHenry.