Lamberton September 23 Sep 1794 Sir The bearer has Charge of one brace of Muskets & Bayonets with one hundred & fifty Cartuch Boxes belonging to the United States being part of Eight hundred Stand of Arms Ordered to your Address by Samuel Hodgdon &c which hope will Arrive safe — the Remainder shall put in Motion as soon as Teams can be procured which hope will be the day I am Sir your mo hum Servant M^r Richard Parker [undecipherable] Lamberton 23 September 1794 Sir The bearer Cap^t Shinn will deliver the Pistols & [undecipherable: probable reading "Cuveras"] ordered by you of [undecipherable] Invoice inclosed — Your mo best Servant Peter Hunt Lamberton September 27 1794 Sir [undecipherable: probable reading "Therefore wrote"] to [undecipherable: probable reading "Reading"] and Carlisle all the Arms and Cartuch Boxes, accept eight Boxes which [undecipherable] will be in [undecipherable: probable reading "motion"] on [undecipherable: probable reading "morning"] next at farthest. I have had some difficulty in procuring Teams and could not engage them without advancing to each a part of their Wages, and a promise of the remainder immediately on their return, which obliges me to claim your aid, by furnishing me Five Hundred Dollars in Old Bank Notes payable to me only, as soon as convenient, my private engagements having taken from me more than [undecipherable] and disappointments of [undecipherable: probable reading "engaging"] several Teams, makes the application necessary, otherwise should not have troubled you at this time — I remain Sir, Your most hum Servant [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon E^q