[Endorsement: George Way / 20 May 1790 / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] public employment] [(189) Received from State Dep't Nov 11 & R[undecipherable]] [Address: for Colonel Sam. Hodgson.] Sir. The public View perhaps, having stated the power Vested in the President of the United States, by Congress, for raising an additional number of Troops; and knowing by former experience that there must be a call for a considerable quantity of Carriages and Articles to supply those Troops, Viz— Waggons, Gun carriages, Wheels, Harness, Knapsacks &c &c All of which I have been long acquainted with the best mode of Constructing and supplying on the most Oeconomical terms, I conceive it my duty, from an anxious desire to do service to my Country to offer my self on the occasion and to assure an endeavor of [undecipherable] part arising [undecipherable] must have been and will be found equal to those of any Claimant on the Continent, in my line. Should my application be favored with a preference; I therefore, take the liberty of requesting your kind assistance in laying this Representation before the Secretary of War — should it be the object of appointment and that I may be furnished with a list of the different Carriages &c &c which may be required, I shall give you an Estimate thereof, on as confined and reasonable a price as can possibly be laid down. Philad. May 21. 1798. Same, Sir, with great respect, Your Obt hum Serv. George Way Col. Samuel Hodgson.