Sir Last Evening I received your favour and now I first answer your request as to the Date when the horses returned I find to be the 19 of Feb— 5 bushel of Potatoes a few Eggs a small quantity of Butter* a half Dozen of fowls & a Lamb were carried the Same I see at present I cannot get But if you Desi[re] to Engage it in be on three weeks probably I can get it in the course of that Time I am Sir with much Esteem your most obedient Servant O. Smith 9 May the 1792 * I thought it best to have the fowls & Lamb killed as they were not sent last night but notwithstanding I found myself mistaken above the quality of the Lamb since I came to have it Butchered I found out nor was it as it may represented & nor moreover if you want the [undecipherable] I have it * I [don't] [undecipherable] To [undecipherable] & I would * I would have sent more but could not get it & please one. please turn to the other Side I have also sent a ½ of Corn which I have drawn to mor- ot taken put immediately that the one may [undecipherable] have done on the [undecipherable] the hoped has got Printed and now [undecipherable] determin me to the Deficiency of means [May 9. 1792] [O Smith 11 May 1792] [from O. Smith, indeed [undecipherable]] [Col. Hodgdon Q.M.C.]