[by Post] [Postal notation: har[undecipherable] — 29 [undecipherable] 1796 — No 40 [seal]] [Address: Col. Samuel Hodgdon, Philadelphia] [Administrative stamp: Received from State D. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] Sir, Pittsburgh 2. March 1796 Please ^pay the enclos'd Bill two Hundred Dollars to Thomas Howard. two Hundred and fifty to S^ot. JepeSharp^e. One Hundred and fifty to Caswell & Jackson, One Hundred and fifty to Wittberger & Smithe, fifty to Joseph Simmons and two Hundred to Wilson Hunt Merchants — And Oblige Sir your Very Humb^le Ser^vt Sam^l. Hodgdon Esq^re Isaac Gregg [Received from State D. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] Sir Pitts[burgh] [undecipherable] March 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] you two Hundred Dollars which please place to my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] balance me a Rec^t — I am Sorry it has not been in my power to have Sent you [undecipherable] before this, Which I [undecipherable] intended to have done, but the payment of the Army has been so long [undecipherable: prolonged?] that it has prevented it, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] taken place therefore exp[ect] Soon Some Money from that quarter [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I shall send you the [undecipherable] — your Humble Ser^vt Isaac Gregg M^r. Howard [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. 1796 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for Wilson Hunt Robert [undecipherable: Hopkins?] 5 [undecipherable]3 Sir, Pittsburg^h 2. March 1796 Inclosed I have Sent you Twenty Dollars. Colⁿ Hadgdon Will pay your Fifty more Which please place to my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and forward me a Rec^t — I Should have [undecipherable] you the [undecipherable] and before this but the payment of the Army has been [pro]longed beyond ex[pec]tation, [undecipherable] it has now taken place [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Shall before [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Some Money for that [undecipherable] [undecipherable]. I Shall Send [undecipherable] the [b]alance — your Humble Ser^vt Isaac Gregg M^r. Simmons [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 21. 1796 [undecipherable] Sa[m]^l. Hodg[do]n [undecipherable] in full of the within [undecipherable] for Joseph Simmons [undecipherable] 20 Robert [undecipherable]son Mar 2. [undecipherable] Gen[t], Pittsburg^h 2. March 1796 Colⁿ Hodgdon Will pay you One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Which please place to my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and forward me a Rec^t — I Should have Sent you More and before this, but the payment of the Army has [been] [pro]longed beyond ex[pec]tation, [undecipherable] it has now [taken] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Some money [undecipherable] Jones, [undecipherable] I Shall [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Some [undecipherable] — your Friend and Humble Ser^vt Isaac Gregg M^es. W. G. Smith. Philadelphia March 29^th. 1796 Received of Samuel Hodg[do]n One hundred and fifty Dollars in full of the within [undecipherable] Dollars 150. [undecipherable: Wittberger?] & [undecipherable]