[Copy] War department October 7. 1794 Sir, It is represented by the Doctor who attends at the recruiting Rendezvous at Spring Garden that there are several of the Men dangerously ill with fluxes and fevers and that unless the situation is made more comfortable many of them must die — He has requested that eleven [underline: Blankets] may be furnished for this business and to be charged to the Hospital Depar[tment] Please to issue that number to the order of Major [undecipherable], I am Sir with respect, Your obedient Servant [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r