[Mr K. Bliss] New York 9^th Nov^r 1788 Your favor of the 2^d Inst came duly to hand— Lieut Brett and the clothing are arrived safe at Brunswick— he reached that place on the 6^th Mr Hagg was there the 7^th and the waggons from Pennsylvania arrived the same day however the artillery which S^t Hagg wrote for to Mr Hepburn on the 5^th had not arrived at Brunswick, but probably came there by the Haze on Saturday— Mr Hagg expected to muster & Inspect the troops on the 9^th and to march them tomorrow the 10^th Mr Hodgdon's agreement with the Waggoners is expressed in his letter of the 5^th to Mr Hagg as follows "This morning I rec^d your favor of the 3 Instant. The Seven Waggons are engaged under the following orders I they will inform you with this— The conditions of these agreements are as follows - Viz each Waggon to be paid for at the rate of Twenty Jerseys Penn^a Currency per day, to commence on the day they leave this City to go to Brunswick - to load with a Ton weight Gross each if required, to proceed with the troops - to receive Twenty pounds each in advance, and to be allowed thirteen days to return to their respective homes" I hope this agreement will meet with your approbation. Hodgdon is accustomed to that business, and probably has done as well as any person could do in a similar case. Mr Brett will undoubtedly leave Brunswick tomorrow if the weather is fair— I'm in [undecipherable] this City represented his [undecipherable]