[Received State Dep^t Nov. 2^d 94 B.P.O. 4[undecipherable]] Lancaster 28^th November 1794 Sir I have the Honour of transmitting to you a letter of advice written by Col. [undecipherable] on the subject of supplies furnished him and the Draft accompanied by my account of two hundred and Sixty pounds ten Shillings I have forwarded to M^r Jn^o H. Helmsmith a young Gentleman who lives in the City who beneath my livingst that in the absence of my Son who is out in the army against the Insurgents and who will take the liberty of [undecipherable] upon you for Payment which as I have appointed the money with trouble and be Gentrelly paid, and as I have purchased the Horses from our Leathernecks at the post and have charged them at the prices they do really cost [undecipherable] the Commissarys shall by my Contract [undecipherable] to I trust no objections can be made to the Payment of them and have the Honour to be Sir Your most Obedient & Very Humble Servant Matthias Slough Hon^ble Edmund Randolph Esquire [verso: No. 4[undecipherable] — Randolphs — Secretary of State — Philadelphia — 35[undecipherable]]