[marginalia, upper right, written sideways: [undecipherable] from [the?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]burg[?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1796] [7] [1797] Colonel Samuel Hodgdon Superintendent of the Stores of the United States Philadelphia Trenton the 30^th July 1794 Dear Sir I received yours of the 26^th Inst. and I have to inform you that the articles mention only arrived last evening and were immediately Issued to the Detachment under the Command of Colonel Davenport who took up his line of March at 1 oClock for Newtown, you can not conceive what a Spirit prevails among the Jersey Blues, they are anxious to move on in order to put themselfs under the Command of the President — we are now in want of Canteens, Haversacks axes and Spade. As soon you can forward those articles, it will enable us to set off an other Detachment by Saturday next, Small parties are coming in daily you will please to remember that your Supplies must be calculated to 2100 Men I am told that there is an other requisition of 800 infantry, Some of them have already arrived — I am in hopes to be soon ordered from this place I could wish to be with the army at Carlisle on to push on for Pottsburg — with great Esteem I am yours sincerely J. [undecipherable] Colonel Hodgdon Superintendent of Stores of the U States