[Major Craig 23^d Aug^t 1793 Rec^d 30 — Ans^d 31 —] Pittsburg 23 August 1793 — Sir, I am going as [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you [undecipherable] have not [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for you Valentine [undecipherable: Simorat?] is entered into a cont[undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] reason of [undecipherable] only, [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] during [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] substituted after [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on that [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] were [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I have an [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and am [undecipherable] [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that have [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] forward a [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] great additional [undecipherable] on Transportation at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] any [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — an [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] wanted at this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] have even [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to deal [undecipherable] I am Sir With great Esteem your Obed^t Hum^e Serv^t [signature] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Philadelphia