[Page 1 of the original document is wholly illegible. No transcription possible.] N^o. [undecipherable]castle 7^th December 1794 In pursuance of the Public Report now given me limited and directed with Congress [undecipherable] did not [undecipherable] for time [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] to [undecipherable], the amount to meet me [gradually?] to account one of the delays which I have placed in the [payment] of my [order] for. The balance due me on the [depot?] [undecipherable] [there would?] to me and the reason of the later is not the [undecipherable] that was for the [money?] getting in [some?] land, [now?] the time and [form?] [some?] [orders?] have to the [Distant?] [undecipherable] [some time?] me [undecipherable] to before the time [terminated?] and have [paid?] the money to him, as upon hearing the [undecipherable] again you initial I am found the has not [undecipherable] as I am very [undecipherable] the [results?] was not [paid?] to [you?] my own hand of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in one [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] & your [argument?] [fixed?] [undecipherable] [You?] [have?] known [two?] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] very [undecipherable] glad to attend to my [soldier?] on the [undecipherable] they [found?] [some?] is in a dangerous one, [undecipherable] in the lower [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to you [undecipherable] have been left by the one who were [bagage?] done over the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in place of one of [them?] which were [ordered?] here by you as [bagage?] [covers?]. The one of the hundred [undecipherable] in one [undecipherable] was all [done?] in place of one [undecipherable] [undecipherable] under the [Authority?] of purchasing for the purpose of [moving?] [bottles?] from [them?] to the [average?]. [All?] the [ones?] was [exchanged?] for the [from?] [company?] [Department?] [provisions?] to [command?] [properly?] under your [direction?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] place to take [Notice?] [some?] and [found?] the [plate?] included [them?] in an [account?] that [was?] [received?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] an [bagage?] which [fixed?] to [you?]? [Provide?] by [order?] of the [Secretary?] of the [Treasury?] who have on this day [from?] the [Election?] [boundary?] of [the?] to further [delay?] and [the?] place in the [Payment?] of my [order?] in [Addressed:] Col: Samuel Hodgdon — Philadelphia [Endorsed:] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dec 10 — [undecipherable]