Clothing on the Wagons Returning to Knoxville

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War Office 22d November 1796 Samuel Hodgdon Esq [encircled: 370] [stamped: Received from State Dep’t. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401810.] War Office November 22d 1796 Sir, I will thank you to inform me whether the Waggons now returning to Knoxville will be able to take any and what number of Suits of Clothing. The Secretary would if there is room in them send a small supply to that Quarter.
Your obed Serv Nn Jones

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[Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r] [War Office at Philadelphia 1796] [Received from State Dep^t. Nov. 24. 1804. R.P.O. 401810.] [379] War Office November 22. 1796 Sir, I will thank you to inform me whether the Waggons now returning t Knoxville will be able to take any and what number of Suits of Clothing. the Secretary would if there is room [strikethrough: in them] send a small supply to that Quarter. — Your obed^t Serv^t. [underline: Hⁿ Joⁿ 21]

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Jones wants to know whether the wagons returning to Knoxville have space to include suits of clothing and, if so, how many? The Secretary of War wants to send a small supply to that quarter.