Middletown Sept^r 8^th 1794 Sir I have reciev'd your letter of the 19^th Ult^o to gether with the Pay Roll enclosed there with. I have reciev'd the monies remitted to John Chester Esquire and made the payments accordingly. I now enclose the recets which I have taken and hold duplicates of the same. The moneys Transmitted by John Chester Esquire One hundred thirty five dollars the recets Account for one hundred forty two dollars leaving the [undecipherable] con-lons in my hands occasioned by the desertion of Benjamin Green for which I am to be— With respect, I am Sir your Ob^d Serv^t Russell Bissell Cap^t— Joseph Howell Esquire --- [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401810.] Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r New York Sept^r [undecipherable] 1794 Sir Inclosed you have a receipt for a Box of Port fires, which we have rec^d from M^r Whittlesey Middlton and forwarded by the south Am boy Stage boat the first trip after they came to hand We [are] Your Ob^t Ser^ts [H]anning, Wyckoff &[c] --- [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401310.] Rec^d New York Sept^r [undecipherable] 1794 on board the [undecipherable] Stage Boat one Box Port fires which I promise to forward to Philadelphia to Samuel Hodgdens Or order he or they paying freight the danger of the seas [undecipherable: excepted?] Jacob Hyer[undecipherable] --- [Sept^r 1794 Receipt for Box [Port?] fires]