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+ | "You will see by some of my former letters, that, in con. | ||
+ | sequence of your orders, I had taken measures, to provide | ||
+ | such articles of clothing, as were nesfsary to complete that | ||
+ | troops with their winter clothing. Mrfs. Banks and | ||
+ | Company have furnished most of the articles we shall | ||
+ | want, and will provide the rest. Mr. Hamilton, the clothier, | ||
+ | had instructions to contract with such as would supply | ||
+ | on the best terms, notwithstanding this agreement, but none | ||
+ | offer their goods equally reasonble and yet I think they | ||
+ | are high; however, the demand among the planters is so | ||
+ | great, that they would need a ready sale among them, | ||
+ | and at an advanced [[ ? ]]. Under the 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 Finances, which they will negotiate for | ||
+ | clothing or other things, as their necsfsities may urge. | ||
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+ | "This will swell our drafts, but the peculiar situation | ||
+ | of the officers, their long sufferings and distance from home, seem | ||
+ | to render it absolutely necefsary; some of the officers talk of sending | ||
+ | there |