[Docket: Sam^l Hodgdon / July 25. 1795. / [undecipherable] Williams [undecipherable] / pray to be [undecipherable] B / & William Clark only / & [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] 10½ [undecipherable] / for letter [undecipherable] / [Dep't?] of War] Honnable Secretary [of War] Philadelphia 25 July 1795 Sir I enclose you the Order in favour of Clarks Daughter to receive a certain part of his Pay — the [Girl?] is in want, and will wait on you for the usual advance your most Obedient [undecipherable] and Samuel Hodgdon Honnable Secretary of War New London Aug^t February 10. 1795. Sir Please to pay to my daughter Margaret Clark, my pay in your hands for the Months of Sept. Oct. November & December last, and the same proportion of my pay for the succeeding Months while I am in the Public service. I am Sir your most ob^t humble servant, (Signed) William Clark To Sam^l Hodgdon esq^e [undecipherable] M. [undecipherable] Philadelphia. The within named Margaret Clark has received Eighty five Dollars and Thirty [undecipherable] cents in advance for the within men- tioned Months, and to the Month of April 1795 inclusive being 8 Months, at 10⅔ Dollars each. — all of which is Settled with me by M^r Thomas Holt, [undecipherable] of the department — Samuel [Hodgdon]