[Docket: from Hodgson / fr 22 Sep 997] Philadelphia 22 September 1797 This moment I received your Letter of the 19^th [Sep]tember — Your draft in favor of George [undecipherable] on, Shall as usual meet due honor — The two [undecipherable: Copies?] obtained by William [undecipherable: Weekly?], contains the Laws of the United States, and are forwarded by the Secretary of State— We had nothing to [do] with their contents— the act of transporting only was referred to me— Our City remains deserted, though the Calamity has certainly [undecipherable: abated?], the fear excited in the minds of the Inhabitants from recent past [undecipherable: scenes?], has exceeded belief— [B?]many [flee?] — [undecipherable] knowing [whither?], and from them [undecipherable] on the mercy of the [undecipherable] Country People— the [distress?] [undecipherable] by the removal will be [undecipherable] during the Winter— Myself and family remain well at our [undecipherable: Redstone?]— A considerable quantity of Clothing is on the road [for?] your Post, and a [part?] of the Rigging and [stays?] of the [new?] Schooner building at Detroit— with the Blacks I will [send?] [invoices?] as you have requested— Particular invoices of what is forwarded Shall be enclosed to you to enable you with information to [undecipherable] the [undecipherable: provisions?] in their [undecipherable: transportation?]— I [hear?] of the stores are for Pittsburg and its [undecipherable: dependancies?] The Department[s?] remains totally [undecipherable: disjointed?] and have scarcely any communications [undecipherable] from— requests received from all— as my [undecipherable] determines to [undecipherable] I am Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant Samuel [undecipherable: Hodgson?] Major Isaac Craig—