[Colonel [undecipherable] Butler / 12^th March 1790 / No [undecipherable] March 3^d 1790] Colonel Hodgdon Philad^a G. Lewis Belle Lawton March 13^th 179[undecipherable] Dr Col I have been called upon by the officers to request some transport may be allowed them for the invoice of the articles which I have enclosed to M^r [undecipherable] I should have written to the Secretary of war on this subject, but have no dout of your directing the weapons of Col. [undecipherable] to bring them on, so may my dear col consider we one paying four shillings this money for a pound of lost [undecipherable], and many things in proportion, and I am sure your attention will be drawn to relieve our wants - pray write me my good friend adieu god bless you Colonel Hodgdon Th.S. Butler L.^t Col. Philad. & [undecipherable] yours haste