[Letters from M^r S. Strong dated 28 June Rec^d 2^d [undecipherable] 1791] [Colonel Hodgson] [Present] [General S. Strong — date 28 June 1791 — Letter] Dear Sir if it were Possible you Could omit appointing any Person here to Purchase the Pack Horses, which you will want from [undecipherable] and Mention in your Letter to the [undecipherable] that I had made application to you for [the?] [undecipherable] — on [undecipherable] found me to be a [undecipherable] Person; that I Might then Proceed; if otherwise he Could [undecipherable] Person there to do the [undecipherable], to as much Advantage as one Appointed here; when I made [undecipherable] to you I did not [undecipherable] that any other was wanting the Appointment; I [undecipherable] do it as [undecipherable] and to as much [undecipherable] as any on your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] & Pack Saddles I could [undecipherable] well. There [undecipherable] Tavern here, but what is [undecipherable] do Some [undecipherable] — but at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I would be on [undecipherable] — your Answer on the affairs would be gratefully Acknowledged by your Obedient [undecipherable] Servant Colonel Hodgson S. Strong Pittsburgh 28. June 1791