[Received from State Dep^t. Nov. 24, 504. R.P.O. 401310.] May 22. 1795 Dear Sir. The Secretary of War requests that you will be so kind as to peruse the enclosed application from M^r Harpa; and to return it with such observations as may be in your power to give — All the information I can find from the records is con-tained in a letter from the [strikethrough: late] Sec^y of War to you, dated 20 May 1794 — in these words — "And also that you transport the new carriages "from the Delaware Works, and the cannon, as it is probable "the President and Gov: Mifflin may go there in a day or two "in order to see them used" — Sincerely Yours — [signed] [undecipherable: Sothagghur] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r [verso:] [out .] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r [undecipherable] 25[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Washington?] [stamp: (III)] [Received from State Dep^t. Nov. 24, 504. R.P.O. 401310.]