[Samuel Hodgdon Esqr — address panel; administrative endorsement notes in another hand:] [Boyer au[undecipherable] must the [undecipherable] to the Med[undecipherable] to must Certify &— Musarts claim must be adjusted and paid by the Swan [undecipherable] in the Office to N[undecipherable] what is due to the Man when he a[undecipherable] to state all such amounts] When I Saw you last you promised me that as Soon as the Commissioners for the Indiana Treaty were dispatched you would attend to the Settlement of the account for the Ration money due to me, the peculiar Situation in which I am in at present, must be my apo-logy for the interruption on your privacy, I hope Major Hodgdon (let my feelings be what they may) will not forget the friendship he once professed, fame, and in consequence assist me in this hour of distress, any Solicitation on my part I will [undecipherable], all I want at present is about 12 dollars to make up Some arrears of Rent, if Major Hodgdon would be kind enough to let me have a [undecipherable] to that amount: I will make over all the property that will be coming to me (in reversion) for a pledge, I [undecipherable: mean] my Father estate.) Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r May 15. 1793. I am Sir Your Sincere Friend Your Ob^t Sv^t James Boyer