Fort Washington 12^th Aug^t 1797 I have drawn on you the following bills No. 2218 — bill in fav^r Daniel Ziegler Capt. 15 days pay, date^d 15th Mar 1797 at 60 days — for 500 Dollars No. 2219 — bill in fav^r Daniel Ziegler of 15 days pay, first date^d 16^th May 1797 at 60 days for 500 doll^rs — 18. 19, 2220 — 2 bills in fav^r Thomas Giborn Capt 15 days pay, date^d 19^th [undecipherable] at this [undecipherable] for 1000 dollars each — 19 — bill in fav^r [undecipherable] Aug^t for you at 15 days, first action 15^th [undecipherable] 1797 at this [undecipherable] for 500 dollars — — 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 & 24 — bills — first action [undecipherable] 15 days — 6 days [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] each — These bills are drawn in fav^r of such [undecipherable] money to be determined going to be [undecipherable] after the 1^st [undecipherable] — I did not mean to [undecipherable] continued to the proposition of the aforesaid fort against a fund sufficient for the payment of [undecipherable] conclusions — the deduction is this of for the payment of [undecipherable] some [undecipherable], which will be drawn in a few days to meet a [undecipherable] manner which is to be taken to [undecipherable] for the expenditures at that place — I have just sent a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] — I had only the memorandum of the copy of his Book Be it at which I presented to you — I am, Sir, your most ob^t Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Philadelphia [signed] [undecipherable] D. [undecipherable]