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Norwich Oct 12th 1779 Dear Sir I ? your favour of the 25th Ultimate & Note the Contents I sent you the Inv o? of Clothing & from the Towns of Brighton & Groton with the Clothing - & ...? of the Clothing from Norwich forwarded by ? Perkins L 4724 - Beside? Packing Cask & c - I should have sent it Before but the Committee Cannot make it out ? they had made up the Whole of the Cloth Thousand? in the Rest? of the Clothing from this Town they Intend to Deliver by the 2d Inst it is Probable there will be a Surplus of shirts - if it should be the Car..? shou & be glad to know if you will enable me to Buy them - I wrote you the 28th Sept. that I had engaged 4 doz Cartons ? 3 da Beaven? & a.. 1000 ? & Dfird Know if you w..? have me Buy more & Cant help me to pay for them? but have not had the pleasure of your Answer - I shall have a little more money to pay for the Hath? Engaged when I Can get the money on the ? but have not ? any as yet & have Promissd? the Whole for ? Hath? the 1st of Nov - therefore that not safe to Engage any more until the ord..? was Settled - I did not Review any Hatts Before the 1st Inst - Gen Huntington wrote me to know if you had ordrd the Soldier Hatts Bound he seemed to wish to have them ? of the Expense want Great...to have a Beaver Hatt for himself Therefore - I wrote him I had no order to Bind them nor did I know the Expense - as I did not know what to find them with I suppose white Tape Might answer - I told him I wont [?] him a Hatt if it was agreable to you - if you want [?] made Cloth (Woolen) I Believe I Can Buy some (as I have been offerd Considerable & I had the [Needse?]] & knew what kind was wanted & the R..? younger in general I am DLert? your Most Humble Servant A Huntington

Chauncey Whittlesey Esq