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No. 2 Extract of a letter from Major General Green to Major General Lincoln, Secretary at War, dated, "Head Quarters , South Carolina," "December 19^th,1782." "You will see by some of my former letters, that, in consequence of your orders, I had taken measures, to provide such articles of clothing, as were necessary to complete the troops with their winter clothing. [?] Banks and Company have furnished most of the articles we shall want, and will provide the rest. Mr. Hamilton, the [cloth???], had instructions to contract with such as would supply on the best [?], notwithstanding this agreement, but none offer their goods equally reasonable, and yet, I think they are high: however, the demand among the planters is so great, that they would meet with a ready sale among them, and at an advanced price. Under these circumstances, contracts cannot be made on the best terms. The soldiers' clothing will amount to about fifty thousand dollars. I have advanced to the officers two months pay, by drawing bills on the [?], which they will negotiate for clothing or other things, as their necessities may urge. "This will [?] our drafts; but the peculiar situation of the officers, their long sufferings and distance from home, seem to render it absolutely necessary; some of the officers talk of [?] these