The Quartermaster Has Procured His Own Clothing

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[docket notation on address leaf: M^r Samuel Hodg[d]on / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] [circular postal stamp] [address panel: Samuel Hodgson Esq. / on furlough — / [undecipherable] Pennsylvania / Colonel Commandant / Intendant of Military Stores / Philadelphia] [undecipherable: probable reading Sreutport] 6 Oct^r: 1800 Sir I would inform you that by reason of the Clothing for the Staff not having been rec^d the Tins: Major & Q^r Master Serg^t have been obliged to [strikethrough: procure] furnish their own Clothing and would not wish to have it sent on but money in lieu thereof, which if you shall think proper to forward I will send you a receipt for their Clothing. I am Sir with respect your Ob^t. Ser^t. Dan. Jackson Samuel Hodgson Esq. Intendant of Military Stores

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Autograph Letter Signed

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Because the clothing for the staff has not been received, the Major and the Quartermaster have been obliged to procure their own clothing. Therefore, money should be forwarded instead of clothing and receipts for the clothing will be furnished.