Shepherds Town Feb^y 4.^th 1796 Sir! I forwarded my accounts to M^r Sim=mons Shortly after the 1.^st of last. and my returns to you — altho I think M^r Simmons a very worthy officer yet I had rather have all my business to settle with you and do presume, that by the time the business has returned to your office there to be Examined by You and Settled as [strikethrough: was] usual before the last Arrangement Oblige me so far as to let me know whether the point is [strikethrough: yet] fixed for the Arsenal on Potowmack or where you now think it will be, how soon measures will be Adopted for Arrangements therein &c — I expected to be in Philadelphia before this, but the weather being bad for travelling & my business being scattered has prevented my coming very respectfully Your ob^t St^r Maj^r Hodgson E Langham [17] [Shepherds Town Feb^y 5] Major Samuel Hodgson Philadelphia [Major E. Langham, Nov 9 4]