Sir.

Value Received Please to Pay Nicholas & John Brown, or order, Two Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars, and Charge the same to account of the Ships of Warr, we are building here per your order without further advice, haveing signd two orders of this Tenor and date; one of which being accomplished, the other one to be void ー We are Your Honours [&c.]

To The Honbl Stephen Hopkins, Esqr

one of The Com[mittee] for Naval affairs ー Contl Congress, at Philadelphia