I have Rec^d of the Sloop W^m Cash [undecipherable] about 20,000 Rations in Beef, flour, and [undecipherable] I mean to keep for Sundays You [undecipherable] my [undecipherable] should serve me much better then I expect he will and say in what I ordered last [undecipherable] I shall [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] I have the pleasure M^r Hawkins & M^r Clymers company who I find both easy and polite Gentlemen the Other Commissioners have not yet arriv^d. I have heard that M^r Jaison is on his way from Savannah the Others I have heard nothing from The Indians it is said about 400 will be here in one or two days I have inclos^d the Report of [undecipherable: Lieu^t] Eaton who was directed to examine and [strikethrough: the] report the quantity quality, and Order the Clothing Shipp^d from Philad^a in Dec^r last was in I expected by a letter I rec^d from the Secretary for the departm^t of war to have found in the Sloop W^m one Hundred Suits of cloths, but am much disappointed. I would rather you'd send too [undecipherable] one we have [undecipherable: there] room enough and shall soon want cloths for all the Soldiers in this State the labours they have done has destroy^d their cloths very much, the arms you propose sending I can do well without having a Surplus already I am with high Respect & esteem Sir your Humble Serv^t Henry Gaither Lieu^t Col^t Comman^t [Col^o H. Gaither 20^th May [undecipherable] Rec^d [undecipherable]]