Samuel Shore 18th Jany Recd 19th Feby 1795 [circled pencil] 19 Samuel Hodgdon Esqr Philadelphia [Stamped] Received from State Dep’t Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401310. Gosport 18th January 1795 Dear Sir My last respects to you dated the 12th Inst. the chief purport of which was to inform you of my illness, which prevented my silence and sending on my accounts agreeable to orders. I now do myself the honor of transmitting them to you for the months of September, October, Novr, and December which I flatter myself will meet with due acceptance.
I have the Honor to be Sir, With great respect y. Mt. Obt. & very H St. Samuel Shore The Brigg Neutrality arrived here a day of two since with Timber from Georgia. [Stamped] Received from State Dep’t Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401310.