To His Excellency The President, And the Honorable the Supreme Executive Council,

At the Particular Desire of the Officers of the 7th Battalion of the Militia of the City and Liberties of Philada. which Battalion I have the Honour to Command, which Battalion was laid off and Form’d out of the Fifth Battalion now Commanded by Col. Benjamin G. Eyres, and it has so happened the greatest part of the Arms belonging to the Publick, remained with the 5th Battalion, and on Enquiry Find that Mr. Joseph Perkins one of the Armorers has about one hundred stand of Arms in his Hands, that is not claimed by any particular Battalion, he therefore Begs that Council will be pleas’d to grant the subscriber an order to receive said Arms for the use of his Battalion, which will oblidge, Gentlemen, your Humble Servant,

Directed, To the Supreme Executive Council, Common Wealth of Pennsylvania.