Philadelphia 22 Dec^r 1798 Sir On examination I find the Store is fully supplied with Fort Flags, as many on hand as will probably be called for in the course of the year the dimensions of the largest are 24 by 45 feet — the smallest 12 by 27 feet; these dimensions suit precisely with the width of the Bunting, and of course save both stuff & labour I am Sir your most Ob^t Serv^t Samuel Hodgdon Tench Francis Esq^r