[Rec'd / Nov. 2 / R.P.C. 4018[?]0] [undecipherable] May 17^th 1794. [1^st] Enclosed you have Coppy of a letter addres'd to the Secretary of War — you will, [undecipherable] pray the necessary attention. the first fifteen Thousand Dollar[s] [undecipherable] you will please to have put up in bags, 1000. each and Sent on as soon as possible, as I Shall [undecipherable] no other [undecipherable] at Pittsburgh. That [on?] receipt of it. The Balance of the Est[imate] of 106,000 [undecipherable] with the addition[al] [undecipherable] for the [purchase?] of Cavalry Horses, you will have [undecipherable] prepared in specie. to forward early in July — I set off [undecipherable] now and Shall [undecipherable] to hear [undecipherable] you. by every [undecipherable] opportunity. — I am Sir. Your most Humb[le] o Sam[l.] Hodgdon [Esq.] James O[Hara?] Quarter Master Gen[eral]