[undecipherable] [undecipherable: Sent 2 w— to D^r Lehigh Aug^t 17 1799] [No. 6] [The 3 papers same] No 1 I forward with yourself the 7^th [undecipherable] extract of a letter from the Sec^y for [undecipherable] respecting the mode of [undecipherable: furnishing] Supplies in the [undecipherable: Quarter] Department— In connexion of a letter received from M^r [undecipherable] on the knowledge of his integrity, I have forwarded to him a Power of Attorney that he may draw Money on my [undecipherable] from the Treasury of the [undecipherable] of State whenever it may be [undecipherable: needed] after the [undecipherable] next Month. This is all that myself [undecipherable] in doing on this subject— M^r [undecipherable] letter dated [undecipherable: Lexington] [undecipherable] 8^th [undecipherable] relative to forage was received and answered in due time. I am under no [undecipherable] impression on account of this article, [undecipherable] on a moderate estimate the present [undecipherable: establishment] [undecipherable] require [undecipherable: hundred thousand] bushels of grain annually. The [undecipherable] to me for an additional sum of Money as the 2[undecipherable],000 Dollars he has received is the [undecipherable] estimation for purchase of the [undecipherable: Horses]. The purchase of horses in which he has been [undecipherable]— The purchase of forage his expenditures for this indispensable [undecipherable] and other Expenses do require that he should be furnished with ten thousand Dollars at least. I therefore request that the sum of ten thousand Dollars be placed in the hands of Col [undecipherable] who will transmit it to him by the first good opportunity— I find that the States and [undecipherable] in my first [undecipherable] have been entirely neglected, they are worthy [undecipherable] its Demands [undecipherable] as they may be forwarded, or a part of them to you as [undecipherable: supplies]— Should the present mode of transporting [undecipherable: forage] Stores to this Country be continued every branch of the army must suffer, not only great inconveniences, but the disgrace may be owing to the base speculations of a few ungrateful Waggoners who [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] in allowing that indulgence they have so often experienced. The high price given for carriage is the principle cause of its being so expensively operated. It is [undecipherable] by the most [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] very [undecipherable] they [undecipherable] at 2 or 3 guineas the load, then no responsible person will meddle with it. Having been witness to the tricks of those [undecipherable] before, this have I been taking first to the [undecipherable: fourth] hand before it reached this place. The only remedy for this growing evil is to [undecipherable: reduce] the price of carriage [undecipherable: twelve] per cent also change the mode to [undecipherable: gross weight] and cause every fellow who has [undecipherable] to be dismissed. The best characters will then engage to deliver each load at this place, in twenty five days, or pay four Dollars, for every days detention afterwards. I am Sir Your most [undecipherable] Servant James O'Hara D.M.G.