[Addressed: Samuel Hodgdon Esqr / Washington City] [Filing notation: Lettrs / from John Harris to Samuel / Hodgdon — dated 24^th 8^br 1791] Fort Washington, 24^th Octobr. Sir — Cap't. Bonham arrived here on Saturday - last - by information from him I find the Army is badly off for provisions — M^r Burnt made appli=ation to M^r Prettens & myself yester=day - for all the Bags I could spare & likewise for three hundred Yards of Edinbrugh - to make more - As there was not a Yard of Cloth to be bought in Town - fit for Bagging - I complied with his request - he took One Hundred Bags, & three Hundred & Eighty & a half Yards of Pittsburg - the Idea of an Army Suffering for provisions in the Heart of an Indian Country - was too much to be surmounted - therefore we exerted our[selves to] assist you — I have sent on by M^r Bonham Three very, Cavalry Horse. & Four [undecipherable] - Fourteen Lemon Bags. Eighty Bushells corn - Seven Barck [undecipherable: Barrels] [undecipherable: Sad=]dles. & Eleven Dollars — All the News I have is, that the Indians killed & Scalped a Man by the name of [undecipherable: Fowler], about Eleven or Eight miles from [Fort] Hamil=ton on Sunday last — Remain Sir with respect Brother. Your Humble Servant. [undecipherable: P^rice] Harris [Addressed to:] Hodgdon Esq^r [undecipherable]