Philadelphia 13^th April 179[undecipherable] Sir, In compliance with your request I have made an Abstract of provisions issued at all the Posts from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi, from which as been omitted returns. The figures at Niagara & Oswego as noted on the Abstract have not come to hand. You will perceive the figures are made up to the 1^st of [undecipherable] that being the time the Commissary Department was abolished. I hope the Statement will be found to answer the purpose for which it is required. With Sentiments of esteem I am Sir Your most Ob^t Servant Samuel Hodgdon [James McHenry Esq^t]