Philadelphia 30 May 1797 Sir— I will thank you to inform me what order was taken on my letter of the [undecipherable] instant relative to Stationary and Petty requested by Colonel Henley for the Garrison at Knoxville — And there is an order for the forwarding it — not — it does not appear, who was to provide the articles — [I am] very sincerely — Samuel Hodgdon P.S. — I have an opportunity to forward them to day [signed] May 30^th 1797 Sir. A letter dated 17^th May instant, was sent to the Secretary of the Treasury requesting the [underline: Stationary] and Petty for Henley, agreeably to your statement of the 16^th — Yours[?] [signature] M^r Hodgdone. [Docket: Major [undecipherable] relative / to [undecipherable] Knoxville / [2]3^d May 1797]