[Endorsement, upper right, rotated: [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Howell[?] / [undecipherable] Aug [17]99] 17 — [undecipherable] Esquire [undecipherable] C.M. Stres Prince [undecipherable] [Mail 3] [For] Fredericksbg Virginia August 15^th 99 By a letter from the Hon^ble James McHenry of the 4^th of June last, was inform'd that he had ordered a Supply of Clothing, arms. &c &c to my address at this rendezvous. Have impatiently waited their arrival. & Supposing [strikethrough: that] you Still act, as Superintendant of Military Stores have thought proper to make this address, my military Stores being entirely Exhausted. & Recruits beginning to come in Pretty fast. Shall be glad to receive your Answer. In your very H^ble Svt. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] M.S. Reg^t Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r. Phila [Received from [undecipherable]]