[notation in margin] West Point 1 Aug^t 1781 — Received in the nature of advances and Marching Money for the Month of August — [undecipherable] was expended and [undecipherable] three hundred & Seventy three Shillings — there is wanting by the first Conveyance for the use of the Armourers three Gallons of Oil, and a quarter of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for — To Major Joel King William Price Secretary at War Dep^ty Com. [undecipherable] [notation in margin] West Point 3 Sep^t 1781 — I wrote you on the 8 Ultimo by Cap^t Jeffords expecting to find you in New York — I Shall be there in October to have my Account Settled and have to request that you will forward me a Certificate that you have paid me but Eighty dollars, for which [undecipherable] shall give your Credit — but I had much rather for you then to prefer — it will be 2^d at the least before I Can go — I am Sir your Hum^ble Serv^t To Sam^l Hodgdon Esq. William Price Com^ty Mil. Stores [notation in margin] West Point 14 7^ber 1781 Agreeable to your letter to me of [undecipherable] Instant I have procured A place for Cap^t [undecipherable: Nelly?], the most [undecipherable] of the grand Line of Long, about three Miles from this place at 12/ per week — And wish you to inform me how the money for the payment is to be Come at — and how Often — She is to be furnished with Respectful Stores — I am Sir your Very Hum^ble Serv^t To Major William Nott William Price Dep^ty Com. [undecipherable]