[letter from J. Hodgson July 24^th, 1791] Sir — Pittsburg 2 791 When the Money is received on M^r Nourse his Note, you will on request Pay one In other his part of the amount, as his [undecipherable] letter you will receive was [undecipherable: probable reading "enclosed"] with mine and [undecipherable] in the Note — Advise his account is stated, if not be near the amount — I mentioned to my Wife, in a form[al] letter, to Discharge any little Demands against me, which might have slip'd my memory — if any such should be presented to you pay them — you say nothing about my Bank Dividend, or interest on my [undecipherable] Note — Both Amounts are paid — if my Money is not replaced in the Bank on notice I will address [undecipherable] on the Subject or replace it myself — The Bills for the [undecipherable] that I have mentioned two or three times, I am to day told by Capt. [undecipherable] may be had in any numbers from the Store in Lancaster from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] each according to their Size and their qualities — they are made better there than any [undecipherable] or made [undecipherable] and are much cheaper rates — I send my further [undecipherable] will send all here — [undecipherable] is the only [thing?] in any quantities — Shall take them down the River with me, and shall endeavour to dispose [undecipherable] as eventually to make them [undecipherable] more [undecipherable] was any probability of being in Philadelphia — The [undecipherable] may probably [consume?] some [portion?] of them — that I Shall attend to — Neither [undecipherable], or [undecipherable], have yet arrived, they are now very [undecipherable] for it is now a month since they were loaded, and I am exceedingly in want of some of the articles they have in [undecipherable] Shall never more their [undecipherable], where I have any concern — [undecipherable] articles me again on a Subject that I did not much expect — he wants more [undecipherable] of me — the last I made him was [understood?] to be the last — yet he again represents his being [undecipherable] where the business will [undecipherable] I know not, but [it] must somewhere — however, if you are [undecipherable] of mine you may Pay him thirty Dollars, and take his receipt on account of [his?] [Memoranda?] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Major Donnell — for on that account it is that he claims — though his own with me — I conceive he [undecipherable] — Shall write [undecipherable] how, that if convenient, you will make the above advance — but the above is for your own private information on the Subject — [undecipherable] I Shall not have time to write to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — you may be on the information [undecipherable], as you find perfectly convenient — D^r [undecipherable] Thompson arrived, and delivered [undecipherable] — Wine — he desires me to present his thanks to you for the trouble you have taken — Both [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] have arrived — I wrote the first part of this Letter yesterday — and they arrived last evening — I Shall attend to every thing in [your?] Letter of the 28 Instant received this day — I [undecipherable] M^r [undecipherable] here — [undecipherable] the More I [undecipherable] will bring [him], and then I can [settle?] with him — of any [undecipherable] payments — and the More is going off — you may [deliver?] him to [undecipherable] who will probably be in the City about this time [undecipherable] the chance to take him, to be [account-]ed for with me [henceforth?] on [undecipherable] or you may see him on the [route?] [undecipherable], you can [do?] to any one else — I Shall write you a long Letter before I [undecipherable] the News which will be very soon — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] your [undecipherable] [undecipherable] servant Samuel [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]