[Address panel:] [undecipherable] Maj[undecipherable: probable reading "or"] [undecipherable] Philadelphia [Docketing, lower right:] [undecipherable] [Administrative stamp, upper left of letter:] State D[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 101 Sir Lancaster 25^th October 1794 Before this time you must have received the l^ttes in which I took the liberty in consequence of your request of Stating to you the manner in which the [undecipherable: probable reading "Express Bearers"] may be arranged So as to prevent any delay at any of the Stations the l^ttes Sent by one of the Expresses So that I think it must have got to hand, if however it Should have miscarried please to inform me and I will [undecipherable] you a Copy, the bearer is the man above [undecipherable: probable reading "recommended"] to you as having Cleared [undecipherable] he Did not arrive here until 4 oClock this morning a little [undecipherable] after I had Despatched Stephen [undecipherable] an Express from the army and Says he Did not leave the city until yesterday morning [undecipherable] it is from thence [undecipherable] to come [undecipherable] an [undecipherable] it would have Saved the turning of back, The Despatches brought by this man will go off Immediately Via York & Chambersburg in Consequence of Instructions [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable: probable reading "President"] is on his return through those places & [undecipherable] I expect be here to morning I remain Sir your most Obedient Servt Matthias Slough Col. Sam'l Hodg[undecipherable: probable reading "don"]