War Office, June 5 1795. Sir The bearer of this is the Contractor for furnishing the recruits at Trenton — he has been directed to call at the War Office respecting clothing for the artillery recruits under Lieut Tallman — Please to forward agreeably to my note of the 20 of April last, Ten suits for privates, and same number of Knapsacks and Canteens — If there are no hats, the Sec^y requests that the clothing be sent without them — There are five recruits now at Trenton. P.S. Please to give orders to your Agent at Trenton to furnish Lieut. Tallman with Tents to cover his men — they have no barracks — Yours respectfully — [undecipherable] h^ro Samuel Hodgdon Eq^r [Docket, upper right:] War Office— 5 June 1795. Clothing to be sent to Trenton— [130] [Stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894, R.P.O. 401310.] [Address panel, lower half, inverted:] N^o 71. N. War Dep^t. Samuel Hodgdon Esq.