[Letter from the War Office January 22, 1793 To Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Re Col. Edward Carrington's Company] War-department, Jan^y 22^d 1793. Sir, The Secretary of War requests that you will please to have shipped for Richmond in Virginia, addressed to Col. Edward Carrington, sixty stands of Arms, with accoutrements complete — They are intended for the recruits belonging to Capt William Pipton's company, at the rendezvous at Montgomery Court house Virginia — Please also to send a supply of ammunition for this above — Col. Carrington will be so obliging as to attend to their transportation from Richmond — Yours sincerely — [signature: S. Hodgdon?] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r