[Address panel, text written vertically:] [[undecipherable] Hodgdon — Isaac Craig No 24 [undecipherable] 1795 [undecipherable] Alexander[?]] [circled notation: 30] [Administrative notations at top: St[undecipherable] / No[undecipherable]] Pittsburg. November 27^th 1795. Dear Sir Your letter of the 20^th instant enclosing ten post notes of one hundred dollars each is this moment come to hand together with the packet of news papers. In entering this last sum to your Credit I shall make the distinction you have [undecipherable: directed?]. I intended to have completed an estimate of expenditures for the present quarter year in time to have transmitted it by this post, but have not been able to finish it, and it is therefore not improbable but I shall be under a necessity of drawing on you in a few days for more balance of [undecipherable: last?] estimate. The letter addressed to Cap. Henley shall be sent forward by post this day. Col^o O'Hara & Col^o Neville are to set off for your City — Mrs Benna[undecipherable] is sorry you have not transmitted an account of the weight of her baggage, as she is now about to embark before its arrival and is unable to determine the [undecipherable] that may be necessary to pay the Waggoner. Please to send me the contract price of the several Articles of Soldiers clothing by next post if possible, it is im- immediately wanted, several Articles of Cloathing having been delivered by order of Col^o Butler to the Militia now in service the value of which the Secretary of War has ordered to be deducted from their [undecipherable: pay?] — Erecting the new Works at Presquisle has produced such a very great consumption of nails, that all the nail rods that I retain[undecipherable] at this post are nearly exhausted, an additional quantity of nail Rods is therefore immediately wanted. I am Dear Sir Your obedient Humble Servant [Signature: Isaac Craig] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon esq Philadelphia