War Office December 12 1797 Sir I do earnestly request that if the impediments to the navigation of the River Delaware should be so far removed as to permit the departure of Vessels from the port of Philadelphia that you would embrace the opportunity of having the Clothing for Richmond and Charlottesville forwarded to those places Sam Sir Your obedsevant James McHenry [Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r] [War Office 1797 / [undecipherable] requests / [undecipherable] forwarding [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Charlottesville [undecipherable]]