[Colo. Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia] [undecipherable endorsements and postal notations] Pittsburgh 4^th Nov. 1797 I have drawn on [undecipherable] of this date. my bill N^o 53 at fifty days sight. in fav.^t of Mess^rs Beck and [undecipherable] for three hundred & fifty [undecipherable] Dollars. — In my letter of the 26^th ultimo I begged the fav.^r of you to pay to the Treasurer of the United States for me 1154 Doll. 88 cents due on a land certificate in my name & charge the same to me — I solicit your attention to it, for on a failure the land is forfeited — I am, Sir, your H^ble: Col. Samuel Hodgdon [undecipherable signature] [undecipherable]