[undecipherable] Sir Columbia Feb 8^th 179[undecipherable] I have drawn on you for [undecipherable] pay and [undecipherable] from the 1^st of [undecipherable] 1797 – & [undecipherable] from the 1^st [undecipherable] untill the end of this month. [undecipherable] I hope [undecipherable] you will so honor as to pay [undecipherable]. The reason why I am in the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] is that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] Ma[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] M^r [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Ford, Mahlon [undecipherable] + Engo Captain M. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1^st [undecipherable] + Eng[undecipherable] received: [undecipherable] Enq. [undecipherable] certified [undecipherable] 1800 2^d [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Bou Capt] [Part. Mahlen]