In the Appointment of the regimental Staff in the 13th. Regiment of the Army of the United States James Gordon has the Office of Quarter Master who is a 2d Lieutenant—

I am told that another Officer will be appointed 2d Lieut. in the Regimt. to fill Gordon’s Vacancy in the Line—in such Case I take the Liberty to recommend Mr. Joseph Hickcox of Thompson in the State of Connecticut a young Man fit for the Appointment he served three years in the Western Army & under General Wayne and was honorably discharged; he assures me he will accept the Appointment in Case he can obtain it—I am with the highest Respect your Humbl Servt