[James McHenry &c: April 9. 1799.] [pg 172] New York April 9. 1799 Sir Your letter of the 4.^th [strikethrough: undecipherable] instant, [strikethrough: undecipherable] informs me of the contracts, which have been already made, and of the measures which are in train for forming others in the States where none at present exist. [strikethrough: undecipherable] There is an omission of New Jersey. [strikethrough: You must look to give me the same] I request information concerning [strikethrough: respecting] this State also. " You understand me rightly as to the issuing of Cloathing through the Regimental Pay Master. The quarterers will no doubt require to be accommodated in some such manner as you mention, to avoid [strikethrough: double transportation] transportation inconvenient travelling of the Pay Master and double transportation. It is only essential that the business shall always be managed in concert with the Pay Master. And it must be made the duty of the person, whose aid he may in any case require, to obtain receipts from those to whom the cloathing shall be delivered, duplicates, and to transmit one of each to the Pay Master. When he is very near [strikethrough: to him he will take more immediate] the management; [strikethrough: undecipherable] using however his assistance in the transportation. For Pennsylvania Delaware and New York the Quarter Master at [undecipherable], there naturally presents himself as the [undecipherable] Auxiliary of the Pay Master. But it is necessary for you to [undecipherable] and communicate to me [strikethrough: undecipherable] a [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] station of the other States to whom and where you in each of the other States to whom and where you will cause to be forwarded the Supplies of money and cloathing. I will [strikethrough: undecipherable] then take care that the Regimental Pay Masters be instructed in conformity — The former, the latter — Let me urge you to send forward the cloathing and money to all the States, in which [strikethrough: the] officers have been appointed as my [undecipherable] in a former letter. Their [undecipherable] will [undecipherable] as soon as they can [undecipherable] [* the additional supplies of recruiting instructions, [undecipherable] be the prompt transportation of which is about 6073]