Philadelphia 25 May 179³ Sir— By the Post I have your Letter of the 5^th instant— I am made happy in finding the several packages of Bank Notes to the amount have safely arrived— the five thousand dollars you mention to have received was the last sum forward-ed— I have assurances that the Quarter Masters Department will on proper requisitions be fully furnished with Money— and I shall present all such with confidence under those assurances that they will be attended to— in your case, instructions from the Quarter Master will be indispensibly necessary to obtaining Money— I shall mention your present situation to the Secretary of War that measures may be taken to prevent any delay for want of timely supplies of Cash— The articles you innumerate as immediately necessary are gone or going from here and will all be with you shortly— Viz: Nails— Files— Steel— Coarse wine drawn fewing thread— Picklenburg— Stationery and various other articles— the whole supply for the current year will soon be with you— The India Men are arrived— present my respects to all— I am, Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgson Major Isaac Craig—