Head quarters, Roberts' Artillery, N.E. cor. Eighth and Chestnut Streets. : [blank] The undersigned (late 1st Lieut. Rush's Lancers) having been authorized to recruit for the battalion (6 companies) of heavy artillery, of which Major Joseph Roberts, 4th U.S. Artillery, is to be commander, would most respectfully solicit your aid in defraying the expenses of recruiting this battalion. It is well known that the expense incurred in an undertaking of this kind is very great, and as government makes little or no provision for the defrayment of such expenses, they naturally fall with heavy weight upon the recruiting officers. ... Subscriptions will reach their destination, if sent through the Post Office, directed to [blank] Captain Company A. Philadelphia, October, 1862.