[Letter from the War Office [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]] Extract of a Letter of Samuel Hodgdon Eq^r dated 23^d [undecipherable] 1791 to the Secretary of war " We shall want three Hundred Belts with Straps of leather to them, for the use of our new Pack horses. [undecipherable] to my a[ssistan]t on the Subject since then I am informed that the best and cheapest are made in Lancaster, if not already I [undecipherable] an application had better be made there — they may come forward in some of the waggons loaded with other Stores who may be directed to call for them " Sir, I am directed by the Secretary of War to transmit you the above copy, and to request you will exert your Self to [carry into] Execution the contents with all possible dispatch, so that no delay may take place I am Sir Your obed^t Servant B. van den Brock M^r William Knox.