the recruits will march from Carlisle on the 23^d Instant for this place & must unavoidably descend the Ohio if the river is open at the time of their arrival, if not they are to continue at Pittsburgh. he also informs me that dispatches are now preparing at the War Office, for the Commissioners they and desires me to have a light boat prepared & manned by the 7^th instant, to carry them to Fort Washington. — The two tons of Iron that is now on the way from Carlisle, shall be sent forward as soon as it arrives I have continued to send forward, Axes [undecipherable] cattle camp Kittles & pack Saddles by every opportunity & I presume that all the Articles manufactured here are not forwarded have been of the best quality:— The world is all anxiety for the fate of your Campaign — a report that came M^r Waynes Express say you have obtained a complete Victory. Sam I. S. [undecipherable] [Col^o O'Hara D^y Q^r G Phil^a. 23^d Nov^r 1793] Agreeable to the Information conveyed to you in my last I have forwarded by Col [undecipherable] ten thousand Dollars in final notes answering to the enclosed [undecipherable] I hope they will go safely & Speedily to hand, by next post I will be able to render you fully relative to the remaining part of your requisition the whole of which I have no doubt will shortly be full into my hands. All the Draft that have hitherto been [undecipherable] into any Drafts presented are paid and the remainder will meet due honor Sam I. S. Samuel Hodgdon [C^o O'Hara D^y Q^r G Pittsburgh 5^th December 1793 To] By the arrival of Col. [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] a letter from Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r inclosing one addressed to you said to contain 10000 Dollars which I have now but forward in charge of Captain Crawford, who has also charge of a large sum of money addressed to Col. Jones, in the Army I have herewith inclosed an abstract of Forage purchased since June 1^st 1792. M^r Sutherlands & M^r Parks purchases are included in this abstract, Forage furnished by Spencer Lane has not yet been accounted for, as he has not yet produced his vouchers for delivery. he acknowledges to have received of you 800 Dollars, but says there is still a balance in his favor — M^r Sutherlands account is paid as stated in the enclosed Copy, but he says he has a Claim of compensation for his losses, which I did not think myself at liberty to agree to M^r Lane's Account will I expect be immediately settled as his vouchers are now in the hands of Major Henley who is arrived from Wheeling, a Copy of his account together with a Statement of the [undecipherable] of Forage which M^r Park is now making out shall be sent by next post, which will be done off in a few days. on I transmitted to the Acting Quarter Master at