War department; Dec: 4 1792. Sir. Be pleased to have packed up for Captain George [undecipherable: probable reading Fleming] at West Point; and forwarded, by water to New York, twenty suits of infantry clothing complete, for one Sergeant, one corporal and eighteen privates — Please to address them to the care of Melanction Smith Esq: at New York — I am Sir, with respect, Your most obed Serv^t [undecipherable: probable reading H Knox] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esqⁿ [Endorsement, upper left: Letter from the War Office / Dec: 4. 1792 / Directing it to be forwarded / to Adjutant Gen^l [undecipherable] / with clothing] [Administrative stamp: Register / Stamp / No. 24 [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] [Addressed: Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r] [Docket notation: 2-279] [Docket notation: 1-79]