[Col: Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia] Lancaster 26^th Oct^r. 1795 Sir [Received from State Dep^t Nov. 24 1804. B.P.O.401810.] I am favored with yours of the 23^d Inst. and was a good deal Surprized at its Contents, haveing been prepossessed with the belief that I had left the receipt you mention at your Countinghouse in September last, However Imediately on receipt of yours [undecipherable] to my Papers on that Subject and found the desired receipt which and comparing with the last you are pleased to forward Agrees Exactly only that there is a Separate receipt for one of the Kegs of Vermillion which was not Sent with the other goods for the reason mentioned in mine to Major Craig on the back of which the receipt for the delivery of it is given, I am Sorry for the delay which has taken place in [undecipherable] those Papers forward to you but trust no loss has been Sustained in Consequence of it, And remain Sir Your most Obedient & much obliged Serv^t Matthias Slough [Col: Hodgdon] Sir Lancaster 8^th July 1795 [Isaac Craig] I Send by the bearer Matthias Slough [undecipherable] a Keg of Vermillion that in the Hurry of Putting the load into my Waggon here on the 18^th June was overlooked and not Noticed untill Some days after my Team was gone, I have had the Carriage of it & hope you will receive it in time to Send down the [undecipherable] & return me your receipt for the Same [undecipherable] Safe Conveyance & remain in haste. Your most Ob^t Servant Matthias Slough Pittsburgh 1^st August 1795 Received of Mathias Slough one Keg Vermillion Marks Indian Goods For Isaac Craig in his absence [signature] [July 8]