S^r Lancaster Aug^t 23. 1797 I received your letter of the 16^th and in answer inform you that I have examined the Coachee, mentioned in your letter and find it to be in bad condition, the Top appears to have been injured by being oversets, the wheels and carriage part also very indifferent, the best thing the Public can do with it is to Sell on the Spot, as to transportation to the City it will not quit cost— We are much alarmed with reports of the Fever prevailing in the City, I hope this is not so Our Family are all well at present, and desire to be remembered to o^r Friends in Water Stre[et] I am Dear Sir yours Hest Anderson [Address panel: Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r / Philadelphia] [Stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894.] [Marginalia on cover, partially illegible: undecipherable]