Philadelphia

Sir - - No. 15 13th Nov. 1793

Yoiur last letter being enclo- sed with the War Office letters and carried to the Secretary, who still remains in the Country did not come to hand in Time to answer by [undecipherable] Post. I have now to acknowledge the receipt of it and its enclosures. I was glad to find the five thousand dollars forwarded had safely reached you — By the time this reaches you I suspect you will know [the news] of the Army’s movement, and another Post will inform us also – an extract of the QM Genls letter I gave to Brown and it appeared in the Paper of the [undecipherable] all now seem anxious I have [undecipherable] the enclosed Report the opinion is a curious One but what is to be the effect; I suppose the Clothing was dam- aged on the road or elsewhere, without knowing the marks and numbers of the [undecipherable] that contained the damaged [undecipherable] [undecipherable] known who trans-ported him, - and without knowing what the damage was, who can tell whether any one ought to be accountable a certain degree of damage seems unavoid-able in such a lengthy transportation but as it happens through neglect it is clear the transporter is accountable - if the damage arises from excess in [undecipherable] by [shaping heigh fords,?], or any as then avoided [strike through] can partly be made accountable - Jacob Hapelman horse and furniture were his [undecipherable], and as such had better be re-turned here, by the first convenient opportunity - he has a family who it is most likely would choose to dispose of such parts of his property as by his death have become [undecipherable] to them - Enclosed you have an account of the [undecipherable] has made such ravages in our City - it saves

me me [undecipherable] the trouble of narrating it to you as I intended - it is tollarably accurate and may be useful - adieu

Your & very Sincerely

Samuel Hodgdon

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you will please to forward the enclosed by the first safe conveyance

Major Isaac Craig