[Address panel, written sideways] [By Post] [undecipherable] — 2^d. March 1796 40 [seal] Col. Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [Archival stamp: Received from / State D[ept] / [undecipherable] / 4/15] Sir) Pittsburgh 2. March 1796 Please ^pay the enclosed Bill two Hundred Dollars to Thomas Howard. two Hundred and fifty to Sa^ty Jese Sharp^s. 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 [Received from / State D[ept] / [undecipherable]] [Archival insert from microfilm publication: "Enclosure/s — The following enclosure/s was/were found with this document. Only those enclosures that were found with the cover document are displayed herewith. (Missing enclosures may, however, appear elsewhere in this publication.)"] Sir Pittsburgh [undecipherable] March 179[undecipherable] [ink blot obscures opening text] [undecipherable] you two Hundred Dollars which please place to my Ac^t [undecipherable] me a Rec^t. — I am sorry it has not been in my power to have Sent you [undecipherable] [undecipherable] before this, which I fully exp[ec]ted [to] have done, but the payment of the Army has been so long re[undecipherable: probable reading "prolonged"] that it has prevented it[,] [undecipherable] taken place therefore [undecipherable] some Money [undecipherable] that quarter [undecipherable] I Shall send you the [undecipherable] — your Humb^le Ser^vt. Isaac Gregg M^r Howard [Very damaged receipt/endorsement — partially legible] [undecipherable] 1796 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in full of the within [undecipherable] Dolla^rs 20[undecipherable] for Wilson Hunt Robert [undecipherable] Mar 2 [undecipherable] Sir, Pittsburg^h 2. March 1796 Inclosed I have Sent you Twenty Dollars. Col^l. Hadgdon Will pay your Fifty more which please place to my Ac^t [undecipherable] me a Rec^t. — I Should have [undecipherable] sent you the [undecipherable] before this [undecipherable] the [p]ayment of the Army has been [undecipherable: probable reading "protracted"] beyond expectation, that it has now taken [p]lace [undecipherable] Shall before [undecipherable] receive Some Money [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] I Shall send [undecipherable] the Balance — y^r Humb^le. Ser^vt. Isaac Gregg M^rs. Simmons, [Very damaged receipt/endorsement — partially legible] Philadelphia, [undecipherable] 1796 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in full of the within [undecipherable] Dolla^rs 20[undecipherable] for Joseph Simmons Robert [undecipherable] Mar 2 Gen^t Pittisburgh 2. March 1796 Col^l. Hodgdon Will pay you One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Which please place to my Ac^t And forward me a Rec^t. — I Should have Sent you More and before this, but the [p]ayment of the Army has been [undecipherable: probable reading "prolonged"] beyond exp[ec]tations, that it has now [undecipherable] [undecipherable] some more — your Friend and Humb^le Ser^vt. Isaac Gregg Me^ssrs. [W?]. [G?]. Smith. Philadelphia March 29. 1796 Received of Samuel Hodgdon One hundred and fifty Dollars in full of the within [undecipherable] Invoice. — Dollars 150. Wittberger & [undecipherable]