Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Phil^a may 17^th 1794 Sir Enclosed you have a Copy of a Letter this day address'd to the Secretary of War, to which you will please to pay the necessary attention — the first 15000 dollars required you will please to have put up in kegs 1000 each and sent on as soon as possible, as I shall make no other Stop at Pittsburgh than for receipt of the the balance of the estimated 106,000 [undecipherable] with the additional 13000 for the purchase of Cavalry horses, you will have prepared also in Specie to be forwarded early in July — Staff officers and shall expect to hear from you by every good Opportunity Sam^l H. p^r James O'Hara Q^r M^r Gen^l