[Docket, upper right: from [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] September / 1799] [Circular postal stamp] [Archival stamp: Deposited / State Dep^t / Nov. 24, 1893 / B.P.O. 4018.0] [307] Col. Sam. Hodgdon Philadelphia Trenton Sep^t 6^th 1799— Sir, By the request of M^r Harris I write this to inform you that on the 22^d of August I rec^d of him and forwarded to Cap^t Gibbs Butch[er] one Hhd. N. 6 Containing 100 [undecipherable] privates Coats 80 do. " " " Vests 10 Serjeants Lin Overalls 1600 Large Buttons [underline: 1120 Small do—] Which tho. M^r. Harris informs me you were very anxious to know what had become of it — I am Sir Your Ob^t Hble Sv^t. Edgar Patterson for Ja^s. Miller Ag^t. D. M. Col. Sam. Hodgdon