[Endorsement on cover: Nicolson & Taylor, / Manchester 6 September 1794, / [undecipherable] — 15.d —] [Received stamp: Received / FROM / NOV 3[?] [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Manchester 6^th Sept^r 1794 Philadelphia [received stamp] Sir We have now to acknowledge the Rec^t of your favours of the 6^th Ulto the 25^th & agreeable thereto took the earliest oppt^y of forwarding as many of the Indian Goods as possibly. there still remains here fourteen Packages. Which we have del^d to Capt John Chisholm who is sent on by Gov^r Blount to hurry them on to Knoxville we have paid him $100 — for which we have drawn upon you fo with the other expenditures — We have this day drawn upon you in favour of M^r Frederick Argyle for $327. 89½ being the whole of the money advanced of Account & Receipts inclosed which doubt not of being duly honoured — We requested our Friend M^r David Allison to inform the Sec^y of War that it was out of our power to receive any articles upon Stoage We must therefore request you not to send any thing on to our Address in future — You'll please inform us in course of Post of the Receipt of the diff rec^t rendered We are Respectfully — Your ob^t H^ts. Nicolson & Taylor P.S If any doubts respecting the money advanced Cap^t Chisholm it was by an introduction from Gov^r Blount & M^r Allison now in Philad^a is acquainted with that Gentⁿ N & T —