S^r N^o 178 — Philadelphia April 25, 1796. To day I am favoured with your Letter of the 18^th Ins^t by Post — The Quarter Master General is here, and I have Seen your Letter — the 6 x 96 you mention will only furnish — Rafters might Suite be attached to a — a Waggon belonging to Federal built with one axletree at the City for Pittsburgh on the 28^th — a black mare N^o 8. at 29 Dollar value, Savannah 1795 — a Sett of Wheels & axeltree, and also Two Thousand Dollars in Forty days forwarded to you — to be Safely Shipped by the first — Opportunity that presents to Fort Washington — address to the Commanding Officer there, to be by him directed to the below from the dispatches of the Army for the ensuing season — you will please to receive it and — and I forward agreeable to the above direction — Colonel Hamtrank gave himself early in the next weather — presents my respects to M^rs Craig and all friends — Sincerely Your most obedient and Samuel Hodgdon P.S. most of the articles there are on the road Major Isaac Craig