[Address panel: Sam^l Hodgdon / Esq^r / Port Washin[g]- ton] [Docket: Letter from [undecipherable] / Shaylor / Caleb [undecipherable] / [Oct?] 20. — 1791] [undecipherable] Decemb^r 20 1791— D^r S — I think it my Duty to give it as my opinion That Cap^t [undecipherable: Hodgdon?] hath Don all in his power to attend to the purpose which resp^ts his Duty — the confused Situation that the Garrison hath been in from Necessity [has] rendered it almost im[possib]le for him to have accurate accounts but all that [undecipherable: could] be Done hath been Done by him — and no Man Could be more attentive to Duty than Cap^t [undecipherable: Hodgdon?]. with out any hesitancy I make this unfeigned representation if any further account is Nece[ssary] than what Cap^t [undecipherable: Hodgdon?] is [able?] to give I believe it will be [out of his?] Power to give it I am your Mo. Obedient [Humb^le] Ser J. [A?] Shaylor [Alton] [Non]