Edenton 27 May 1796 In y^rs of the 12^th April I rec^d & the Co^py of Capt William I find if we are correct in [strikethrough: ask your Invoice] our [strikethrough: Acc^t to agree] one of your letters say [strikethrough: blanketts aboard] there are "only [strikethrough: fifteen for] the use of the Comp^y instead I find on board would fourteen & on the [strikethrough: board] twelve^d for for the Comp^y what seems to be all the derangement, I have discovered — I have [undecipherable] all the things Cap^t Willson & whom on hand with above an enclosed copy [strikethrough: forsh^d] is forwarded [strikethrough: with] January — [strikethrough: of] by [strikethrough: the] [undecipherable] M^r [undecipherable] to whom I am direct^d to certify also my remittances, hoping [undecipherable] a safe arrival I am Sir with respect your most ob^t hble Ser. E. P. Sam Hodgdon