Sir
,
Cornet Sloper of the 17th Regiment
of Dragoons under your Command
being approved of as Aide de Camp to his Father Major General Sloper, and his
presence here being necessary; I have the honor [sic] to signify to you H[is]
M[ajesty’s] Pl[easure] that you do permit the said Cornet Sloper to leave the
Army under your Command, in order [sic], (order) to his returning to Europe, if
the Service will permit and you have no Objection.
I have the honor &
Barrington
Honorable
Sir William Howe
& & &
[Source: David Library, MicrofiIm of P.R.O. W.O. 4/274, 87.]
[As transcribed by Gilbert v. Riddle]