[Received from State Dep't Nov. 24, 1304, R.P.O. 401310.] [Auditors Office] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r [269] [269] Sir Treasury Department Auditors Office Oct 31. 1792 Mess^rs Alex^r Scott &c^o of Kentuckey have presented at this Office a claim for Doll^s 2166 ⁹/₁₀₀ which they state to be substantially due to them from the United States on a purchase of 200 Horses, made, as they alledge, in consequence of Authority from you in a letter of the 26^th Oct. 1791 to Mr. Matthew Ernest. If you are acquainted with any Circumstances which in your opinion ought to operate against the admission of this claim, I should thank you to communicate them to his proper [undecipherable: ?Heads?] Sam^l Hodgdonley R Harrison