[Address: Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. / War Office / Philadelphia] [Docket: letta from H. Gaither / March 4. 1792 / the 8^th. 11.] [postal stamp] Elk. Ridge Mary.^d 4^th March 1792 D: Sir Nothing of consequence hapned on my March from Fort Washington home, Only my Horses tired and was left in Wilderness, which caus'd some difficulty in bringing them but I arrived here the fouth of Jan.^y and found all friends well, and shall be happy to hear you are safely arriv'd and your Family well in Philadelphia —— Please to write me by the bearer hereof when and how the Troops are to be paid, what Arrangements are making for the ensuing C[ampaign?] —— Where is M^r Coalsworth & my Sword and any Other Accoutrements that might come, which will be gladly Rec.^d and Acknowledged by Sir your Humble Ser.^t Henry Gaither