[undecipherable] Sir Pittsburgh 20^th April 1797 I enclose to you a power of Attorney to receive money from the Treasury of the United States on my estimates as Q'Master General to meet the Bills which I shall from time to time draw on you. —— You have also enclosed an Estimate for the Expenditures in the Q'Master Department for the months of March, April and May — This estimate is to meet the Expenditures from the [undecipherable] dependent on Fort Washington and Detroit — by most part, I will forward an estimate for the expenditures at Pittsburgh and its dependencies for the months of [undecipherable] and May You will be pleased to act as my agent for the Purchase of such articles as may from time to time be required from Philadelphia for the Q'Master Department — I sent some time ago to the [undecipherable] of war a list of articles for the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] States [undecipherable] Detroit — [undecipherable] is required — [undecipherable] writing — I will forward you a Copy of the list by next post, that they may be purchased & [undecipherable] to Detroit. —— On the 7^th instant I ordered on the [undecipherable] of war to [undecipherable] for one thousand Dollars each in favour of [undecipherable] Jones which have been transmitted to [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the Cavalry horses agreeable to the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] in Chief — you will see in my estimate th[at] I have included the Purchase of Cavalry Horses on it. —— am Sir your most Saml Hodgdon Esq^r } Ob^t & [undecipherable] Ser. Philadelphia } of [undecipherable] Q'Master Gen.