Lancaster July 27^th 17 94 Sir The Bearer Bro^tt Beard has rec^d 100 Rifle Guns put up in 10 Boxes which he engages to deliver to you on or before 10 o'clock on wednesday the [undecipherable] Inst. please therefore to give him a cert. for the aforesaid specifying the time he has delivered them with much respect I am, Sir your H^ble Serv^t. Sam^l. Hodgdon Esq^r.                 Ed^w Hand [Sam^l. Hodgdon Esq^r. N^o 4/ Water S^t. North with 10 Boxes of Rifles & Certificate Philadelphia] [a Mittimus Dec^r 30 — [undecipherable] 1794]