[Endorsement notations, upper right, partially rotated, undecipherable] [undecipherable notation, center left] [undecipherable notation, center] Col^t Sam: Hodgdon Phil Pa. 9[undecipherable] fav'd by S^t Curtis Pittsburgh 165 Since I came home. I have purchased for war two horses which are acted good and Cheap — the first a Dark Bay nearly 15 [undecipherable: hands?] high & year off, measured [undecipherable] — — 50 Dollars which makes off [undecipherable] measured [undecipherable] I own this Day a [undecipherable] by M[undecipherable] them be I [undecipherable] over this Day a [undecipherable] by Ma[undecipherable] them with an [undecipherable: order?] on you for this Same — the other. a Chesnut Brown. 15 [undecipherable: hands?] high & year old this last [undecipherable: spring?] — measured to Stand for 40 Dollars [undecipherable] this last [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — this last Love any [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] — this last Love any Comes down in your Kentucky Buck, [undecipherable] thank you to pay Capt Curtis the bearer hereof [undecipherable] the Same — the man whom I purch[undecipherable] him on the Same — the more & home I furnished [undecipherable] if [undecipherable: others?] to have [undecipherable: specimens?] of your [undecipherable] any good Draft horses. I believe I can get them please to Signify the Same by [undecipherable] Curtis — Am now in haste, and Remain yours as the [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Elizann? Pittsburgh?] [undecipherable: July?] 4^th 91 It [undecipherable] to turn [undecipherable signature: probable reading Craycraft or similar] A Lieu^t: Hodgdon D.M.S. P.S. I will Continue to purchase till I hear from you —