[Endorsement: Major Isaac Craig [undecipherable]] Philadelphia 8 April 1796 Sir— M^r. Alden Agent for the Holland Company is in want of Twenty Common Tents, to be delivered him at Pittsburgh He proposes to Pay for the same Number of New Ones made here, and their transportation also— These conditions are advantageous for the Public, as a full supply of Tents is forwarded to the Army— I have therefore to request that you will deliver to the order of M^r. Alden twenty of the Tents formerly in the hands of the Militia, but as good ones as you have in store— I shall take care that they are replaced with New Ones as prac- ticable