[Pittsburgh —] [by post] [Col. Hodgdon — No [undecipherable] — 1796 / No 40] Col. Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [Receiv'd from / State D.[undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]] Sir Pittsburgh 2. March 1796 Please ^pay the enclosed Bill two Hundred Dollars to Thomas Howard. two Hundred and fifty to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable]. One Hundred and fifty to Caswell & Jackson, One Hundred and fifty to Wittberger & Smiths, fifty to Joseph Simmons and two Hundred to Wilson Hunt Merchants — and Oblige Sir your Very Humb^le Ser^t Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^re Isaac Gregg [Receiv'd from [undecipherable]] Sir [Pittsburgh?] [March?] 179[undecipherable] Col Ho[undecipherable] [undecipherable] you two Hundred [undecipherable] which please [undecipherable] to me [undecipherable] me [undecipherable] Rec^t — I am sorry it has not been in my power to have sent you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] before this, which I [undecipherable] could [undecipherable] have done. but the payment [of?] the Army has been so long [undecipherable] that it has prevented it [undecipherable] place therefore [undecipherable] some Money [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I Shall send you the [Balance?] — your [undecipherable] Humble Ser^t Isaac Gregg M^r H[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 4 [1796?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [dollars?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for Wilson Hunt Robert [undecipherable] 5 [undecipherable] Sir Pittsburgh 2^d March 1796 inclosed I have sent you Twenty [undecipherable] Dollars. Colⁿ Hadgdon will pay your fifty more which [undecipherable] please place to my [C^r?] [undecipherable] forward me [a?] Rec^t — I Should [have?] sent you [the?] [undecipherable] and before this [but?] the payment of the Army [has been?] [retarded?] beyond expectation, that it has now taken place [undecipherable] shall [become?] [undecipherable] some Money from that [undecipherable] I shall send [undecipherable] the balance — your Humble Ser^t Isaac Gregg M^r Simmons Philadelphia 21. 1796 Received of [undecipherable] Hodgdon [undecipherable] in full of the within [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 20 for Joseph Simmons Robert [Forten?] Mar 2. G[undecipherable] Pittsburgh 2. March 1796 Colⁿ Hodgdon will pay you One Hundred and Fifty Dollars which [undecipherable] place to my [C^r?] [undecipherable] forward me [a?] Rec^t — I Should have sent you [undecipherable] before this, but the payment of the Army has been prolonged beyond [expectation?] that it has now [taken?] [place?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Some money from [undecipherable] I Shall [send?] [you?] the balance — your Friend and Humb^le Ser^t Isaac Gregg M^r W^m G. Smith.