Philadelphia 19 Nov^r 1794 Sir Yesterday the articles of Clothing mentioned in the enclosed invoice left this City for york — as the whole is immediately to your address I send this forward by Post to enable you to make enquiry should any unreasonable delay in forwarding them to you be attempted — Some detentions of this kind I have experienced Be so to acknowledge the receipt of the articles immediately after you receive them, and note the time and state in which they got to hand — I am Sir your Most Obedient Serv^t Samuel Hodgdon Cap^t A Thompson [address panel: Nº 19 / Minor / Alexander Thompson / Adjutant of Engineers / Mortforts] [seal]