Return of Cloathing made & Sent in to the War Stores from the 6^th of April to the 21^th of August by Thomas Billington 587 Infantry Ser^ts Coats 322 D° Musie D° 4,363 D° Private D° 740 D° Ser^ts Vests 7,147 D° Private d° 1,109 D° Ser^ts Linen Overalls 25,742 D° Private D° D° 10,651 D° D° Woolen D° 600 D° Ser^ts Shirts 43,625 D° Private D° 53,773 D° D° Socks In addition to the above, I have 2,733 private Infantry Coats cut, & in the hands of the Workers, which I think will be made in about fifty days; and notwithstanding the unfavourable appearance of affairs, from the large numbers of people moving from the City, on Account of the prevailing Sickness, yet from the Steps I have taken (if I had the patterns of the Cavalry & Artilery immediately) I have reason to believe, I should be able to compleat the whole in about fifty or ninety days. I have not had a part cut the last two weeks, for want of linings for about five hundred Infantry, & the above mentioned Patterns. By direction of the Secretary of War, I wrote to Gen^l Hambleton for the Patterns, but have had no Answer— I shall forbear troubling you with a detail of the difficulties I have had to surmount, Suffice it to say, that neither pains nor [underline: expence] hath been Spared by me to fulfill my engagement with the United States who I expect will make me some compensation for the extra expence I unavoidably have incurd in order to expedite the completion of the Cloathing, during the prevailing Sickness hoping my Endeavours will be fully Approved I remains Sir Your most Obedient Humble Servant Tho^s Billington [To] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Intendant [Endorsed on address panel: To Samuel Hodgdon / Intendant; Tho^s Billington / [undecipherable] / 1799] [Archival stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.F.O. 401310.]