Pittsburgh 5^th Septem^r 1794 Dear Sir, I have received your letters of the 29 Ultimo & I have also received of Samuel Fisher a Packet addressed to the D M Genl. and in order to enable me to give Fisher a Satisfactory Acknowledgment for Delivery it became necessary to open it in his Presence [strikethrough: Do[llars]] I found its Contents to agree with your letter Enclosed in the Packet addressed to the Quarter Master General, the whole Shall be forwarded to its destination in a few days by a Safe Conveyance. [Dollars 15000+] A Number of Boatmen, Pack Horsemen, and others having Arrived from Fort Washington, to whom Considerable Sums are due, and having no Cash on hand, I am under a Necessity of taking Money from Capt James G. Heron in whose favor I Shall take the Liberty of drawing on you, the Amount of which I Cannot yet Ascertain — Our Prospect of Peace being Resolved in this [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Gloomy, our Political Hemisphere [undecipherable] more [undecipherable] since the Departure of the Commissioners of Government — I am Dear Sir, with great Esteem your most obedt [undecipherable signature] James [undecipherable] [undecipherable], Philadelphia [Received / War Dep[artmen]t / from / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] [stamp] 181 181 181 Received Pittsburg 2^d Septem^r. 1794 of Samuel Hodgdon Esquire by the Hands of [strikethrough: Thomas] Samuel Fisher a Packet addressed to James O'Hara D M Genl Fort Washington, which on being opened in presence of said Fisher was found to Contain One hundred [undecipherable] notes of one hundred Dollars each, [undecipherable] hundred ditto notes of Fifty Dollars each — All Payable to [undecipherable] of James O'Hara[']s [undecipherable] account [undecipherable — remainder of document destroyed]