[Endorsement on cover, written at angle: [undecipherable] from Col[?] [undecipherable] / 1795 [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Alexander / Indiana [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] the [undecipherable]] West Liberty Aug [undecipherable] [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1904. R.P.O. 4013.0.] West Liber[ty] 13^th Aug^t 1[7——] Sir Last Evening I returned from [Pitts]burgh where I Meet M^r John Eastin[?] [undecipherable]ale to an appointment when I left [Philadel?] by this Letter you will Receive M^r East[?] [undecipherable] for Procuring — M^r Hugh [undecipherable] for a Chest & half of best Hyson Tea — from the Acquaintance I have had of Eastin I Expect that he will Use his Exertion to obte[in] Said Tea at Value [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [J/I] Van [Skinner?] Sam^l Hadgdon Esq^r