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1 therefore wish your excellency to give Mr. Donald- 

 son power for that purpose. We shall certainly want in 

 the whole 9000 shirts, and 9000 pair of overalls. 



I herewith transmit you the returns of the two Brigades 

 of Pennsylvania troops, under my command — the sick 

 now in company contained in the returns, have been laid 

 up for want of clothing, except in a few instances ; there 

 is scarcely one of them that has a shirt. I shall order a 

 general return of the whole Pennsylvania line to be made 

 out, which I shall transmit next week. 

 Interim I am with every esteem, 

 Your excellency's most obedient 

 And very humble servant, 



Ant'y Wayne. 

 To his excellency Thomas Wharton^ Esq. ^ Lancaster : 



Mouiitjoy, 18th April, 1778. 



Dear sir : — Colonel Butler of the 9th Pennsylvania regi- 

 ment, among other business, wants clothing for his regi- 

 ment. I wish him to be indulged if it can be done without 

 prejudice to the other part of the line. 



I have procured from Mr. Zantzinger, since November 

 last, about five hundred and fifty coats, two hundred 

 waistcoats, three hundred and eighty pair of breeches, 

 and an equal number of stockings, about one hundred 

 pair of shoes, and several hundred hats ; these have been 

 distributed among nine regiments, and has only in part 

 clothed about one fourth of them. All the clothing as 

 yet furnished by this state, has been distributed between 

 the 3d, 6th, 9th, 12th and 13th, which I believe is rather 

 more than came to the share of the other nine. I there- 

 fore wish all such clothing as may be ready to be sent 

 together, and I will undertake to sec impartial justice 

 done to the whole, for I believe no one at present is 

 better off for them than another, except Colonel Stewart 



