翻刻
処十二月十五日下野守様より浦々御備台
場取立方其外諸事先達而被 仰立候御存
寄之通可被 仰付旨御達被成候事
一 同年九月相州台場御備方御人数割之儀
於会津懸隔彼地模様も不相分吟味相及兼候
儀も有之候処彼地再見聞も致様子委敷弁
候義ニ候間右取調御用果敢行之為会津へ被
差下候乍太儀急ニ可罷下旨被 仰出候事
一 同月 御休息江被為 召相州台場再見分
相済帰着間もなく会津江為立帰差下候ニ付
御羽織被下之旨御書付御添被成羽二重壱疋
綿御添御手自被下置候事
一 同月十八日江戸表出起会津江罷下御備方
御用相勤候事
一 同年十月相州表江被遣番頭勤ニ而御軍事奉行
をも兼相勤候様被 仰出候御備方之儀専取計且元
奉行職之形を以於彼地郡奉行始御普請方御勘定
方其外ともニ凡而治官ニ預候役々右御用向共ニ宜及
差図尤壱年詰ニ相心得観音崎ニ可罷在旨被
仰出候事
現代語訳
（前月）十二月十五日、下野守様より、浦々（海岸各地）の御備台場（防衛砲台）の建設、その他諸事について、かねてより仰せ立てられていたご意向の通りに実施するよう、お達しがあった件。
一、同年九月、相州（相模国）台場の防備における人数割り（人員配置）の件について、会津は現地から遠く離れており、現地の様子も十分に把握しにくい点もあったが、現地を再度見聞し、状況を詳しく理解したうえで、その調査のご用を果たし、迅速に会津へ下向するよう仰せ出された件。
一、同月、御休息の間へお召しになり、相州台場の再見分を終えて帰着したばかりであるにもかかわらず、会津へ立ち帰るよう差し下されたことにより、御羽織を下賜される旨の御書付を添えられ、羽二重一疋（ひとむすび）と綿を添えて、お手自ら下し置かれた件。
一、同月十八日、江戸表を出発し会津へ下向し、防備方のご用を勤めた件。
一、同年十月、相模国（相州）表へ遣わされ、番頭勤めとして軍事奉行をも兼任して勤めるよう仰せ出された件。防備方の事柄を専ら取り計らい、かつ元奉行職の格式をもって、現地において郡奉行をはじめ、御普請方・御勘定方、その他概ね治官（行政・管理職）に属する役人たちへ、右のご用向きともに適宜指図に及ぶこと。なお、一年詰めと心得て、観音崎に在所すべき旨、仰せ出された件。
英語訳
[December 15th of the preceding month:] A directive was received from Lord Shimonosuke-no-kami stating that, with regard to the establishment of coastal defense battery installations (*daiba*) at various coastal points and all other related matters, things were to be carried out in accordance with the intentions that had previously been declared.
One item: In the ninth month of the same year, concerning the allocation of personnel for the defense of the battery installations in Sōshū (Sagami Province), there had been difficulties in conducting a thorough investigation, as Aizu was far removed from the site and conditions there were not well understood. However, since [the subject retainer] had once again visited and inspected the site and now understood the circumstances in detail, he was ordered to return to Aizu promptly—despite the inconvenience—so as to report the findings of this investigation and to complete the assigned duty.
One item: In the same month, [the retainer] was summoned to the lord's private chamber (*o-kyūsoku*). As he was being dispatched back to Aizu so soon after returning from his re-inspection of the Sōshū battery installations, he was presented with a formal written notice stating that an *o-haori* (formal surcoat) would be bestowed upon him, along with one bolt of *habutae* (fine silk) and cotton wadding, which were personally handed to him by the lord.
One item: On the eighteenth day of the same month, he departed from Edo and traveled down to Aizu, where he carried out duties related to coastal defense.
One item: In the tenth month of the same year, he was dispatched to Sōshū (Sagami Province), where he was ordered to serve as *ban-gashira* (troop captain) and concurrently assume the role of Military Affairs Magistrate (*gunjī bugyō*). He was to take primary charge of defense-related matters and, exercising authority in the manner of a senior magistrate, he was to issue appropriate instructions to local officials—including the district magistrate (*kōri bugyō*), the construction magistrate (*ofushin-kata*), the accounts magistrate (*okanjō-kata*), and all other administrative officials under civil jurisdiction—concerning the relevant duties. Furthermore, he was instructed to consider his posting as a one-year assignment and to be stationed at Kannonzaki.