[Address leaf:] Colonel Aaron Ogden Deputy Quarter Master General New York [Endorsements:] Col. Ogden April 2. 1800 [undecipherable] New York April 2.^nd 1800 Sir, You will take the necessary measures for supplying the Troops in the district allotted to you with the Articles specified in the Regulations of the War Department dated the first of March 1800. and in conformity thereto. You are at liberty to employ, as your Agents the Contractors or other persons as you may think fit. with true consideration I am Sir Your ob[edien]t Serv[an]t C. A. [undecipherable] Colonel Ogden Deputy Quarter Master Gen[eral]