[Samuel Hodgdon Esq. No. 75 North Water Street] [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1804. R.P.O. 401310.] Philadelphia 1^st Feb. 1797 D. Sir As I wish to give the Secretary of the Treasury the best Information in my power relative to M^r Pollard previous to any Arrangement, which might lead to his introduction to the Treasury Department; you will very much oblige me by obtaining, from your late Clerk [undecipherable] the Occasion of M^r Pollard's being in England and any other communication in respect to that Gentleman; and it would be well perhaps to receive it in the form of a Letter addressed to yourself, — with great regard I am D. Sir, Your most obed^t & most humble Serv^t Joseph Nourse Sam^l Hodgdon Esq. If you have the recommendation of M^r Wilcocks, please to send it me with the Letter above requested