James O'Hara Esq^r Pittsburgh 12^th August 1793 D.M.G.S. Sir Your letter of the 17^th June 10^th July by Muling I received on the 31^st ulto, together with the Gen^l dispatches, which were next day forwarded by Post. I am sorry my exertions at this Post has not met your approbation, and can assure you that I have taken all possible pains to execute your orders with the most Scrupulous promptitude & attention. Waggon ordered I endeavoured as early as possible to procure, and for that purpose I engaged a M^r Henderson to bring up from York 10 new ones. These have not yet come forward, and I have not neglected on the arrival of every waggon that came up to your description to endeavour to purchase, I now send three, I shall endeavour to complite and send on the number ordered as soon as they come forward. The very irregular & inadequate supplies of money that I have obtained, has operated to retard these purchases. — Your first order for One thousand Axes was completed and since that time, Six hundred & fifty nine, have been provided, you will now receive One hundred & fifty, and more are now on hand, and shall be forwarded by Lieu^t Reed in a few days. — Captain Pratt has now in charge all the Stores that have come to hand since Captain [undecipherable]'s departure, as per Invoice which consists principally of Cavalry & Artillery Cloathing. Samuel Hodgdon Esq informs me, that returns of Cloathing for the several Corps have been transmitted to Head Quarters, duplicates of which he has sent me: you will please to observe that Hogshead N° 75 on the General Return, Cavalry Cloathing is not in this Invoice, as it has not yet come forward. — I have wrote to M^r Hodgdon respecting it. M^r Hodgdon informs me by his letter of the 3^rd Inst, that he was sending forward the last Tumbrils or Powder Casks, that he had sent them on without [undecipherable], expecting a sufficient quantity of those Articles on hand at Fort Washington, but least any difficulty should occur in procuring those Articles at Head quarters I have set M^r [undecipherable: Harner] and the Smiths to work, who I expect will have harness complete by the time the Carts arrive. — M^r Hodgdon also informs me, that on the 3^rd Inst, the Cloathing for the 1^st Sub Legion was then