Baltimore April 17 1800 Sir Your favor of the 14 currant came to hand addressed to Gen^l Swan. who has been very much indisposed for these some months past (and for the last ten days confined to bed Inclosed you will find Mess. M^cDonald & Hollingsworth Note to him of this date respecting the Military Stores; and am sorry to add that the General's present State of health will not admit of his attending to the Public busin[ess] and am Sir Your Most Ob^d't H^ble Servant for John Swan Wm Cochran [Address: M^r Sam^l Hodgson] [Enclosure] Baltimore April 17. 1800 Sir There are some military stores [undecipherable] three hogsheads some bundles of canteens and a bundle of knapsacks, which came from Philadelphia last fall and are now at our store house. Which we would be glad to have moved from our store — we are your ob^d't [serv^t] M Donald Hollingsworth Gen^l Swan