John Nicholson Lancaster Aug 25 recd ____ 28 } 1795 [Editor’s Note: text in the following paragraph has been “rubber-stamped” at a much later date] Received from State Dep’t. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401310 [Editors Note: there is another notation with the number “210” circled – perhaps written in pencil] To _____ Samuel Hadgdon Esqr August the 25 1795 Lancaster Sir By this Conveyance. per Robert Beard, waggoner I send you Down twenty Boxes of Rifles, all the Barrels his Stamps US… and well packed with paper over the stock and Barrels, the Boxes marked and numberd as you see the Invoice I am your Humbel Servant John Nicholson [Editor’s Note: Rubber-stamped at a much later date] Received from State Dep’t. Nov. 24. 1894 R.P.O. 401310