Philad^a [undecipherable] No 116 Dear Sir, Your esteemed favor of the [undecipherable] is before me— I'm glad to find no alarm [undecipherable] in repacking the Clothing— On examining my receipts I find that the deficient Clothing & [undecipherable] were committed to the following persons and on the dates mentioned— [undecipherable] N° 42. 54 [undecipherable] 60 [undecipherable] Turnbolts N° [undecipherable] 185 to Thomas Marler on the 3[undecipherable]— they should have been delivered by the [undecipherable] September all further— N° 33. 55 & 30— with the [undecipherable] ask Order for you & Colonel Tarrant— to Richard Carson on the 1[undecipherable] August [undecipherable] I should have been with you by the 1[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Month— N° 41. 44 [undecipherable] 45 with a pretty assortment of Carpentier tools [undecipherable] delivered— [undecipherable] Chadwick Snodley on the 9^th August and should have been at Pittsburgh early in September— N° 97. 102. 103. 104 [undecipherable] 54 were committed to the care of John Henderson on the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & ought to have been delivered on the 10^th of September— these embrace all the deficiencies mentioned in your— invoice; & I hope will be all that will justly occasion compliment for delay— On the receipts of these persons (if they ever appear) I expect to [undecipherable] your remarks agreeably to my request in my Letter of the 21^st [undecipherable: Ultimo]— that they may be treated with as to [undecipherable] justice may [undecipherable]— The last [undecipherable] sent you by Order of the Secretary of War was a round Sum without particular respect to your balance or estimate— In his absence it will I fear be difficult to obtain money— [undecipherable] I will do all in my power to keep you amply Sufficient— but I would not recommend your drawing— the better way will be to forward an [undecipherable] for the Services or [undecipherable] for which [undecipherable] wanted.— On these I will apply, and notify you without a moments delay the results— The Secretary of War will be absent [undecipherable] a month at least— [undecipherable] I will nevertheless inform him of [undecipherable] Daniel Clarke's departure— The Stationary you request shall come forward with the first [undecipherable] as soon as I can find Transportation for them— The Quarter Master General is well pleased with the Stationary; he informs me "its excellent indeed"— The [undecipherable] shall also go forward in the next waggon— the Muslin you mention I consider an [undecipherable]— or I will furnish rods, while mails are wanting to keep him employed— Hamilton is arrived— the articles brought by him I shall receive the day— [undecipherable] shall be taken to Patterson as you requested— I have stopped the twenty dollars you advanced to [undecipherable] Hamilton— you [undecipherable] charge me with them— I passed them to your credit— Adieu— I am Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant [signature] [Draft]— I have this moment heard that all the deficient articles are gone forward— but for this Information I would have sent a suitable person to have been there on [undecipherable]