Pittsburgh 4^th March 1798 Sir [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401810.] I have [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] your two [undecipherable] letters of the 23^d instant. I had [accommodate?] [undecipherable] to find [undecipherable] much as [undecipherable] have it [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — Shot & Shells of all [undecipherable] it in any quantity [are?] [undecipherable] in this country — The price will not exceed & can probably be had for less, than eighty dollars per ton — At this rate it can be calculated on with certainty — Since my former letters, I have — [drawn?] on you the following bills, [viz?] N^o. 66 in fav^r Geo. Stevenson dated 1^st March 98 - 200 77 " [fav^r?] Smith & [Findley?] dated 2^d March [undecipherable] at five days sight 4000 78 " fav^r John [Moore?] dated 3^d March [undecipherable] at fifteen days sight 950 As you will perceive there took place an error in numbering the bills — But I shall hereafter number my [bills?] with the intermediate ones, [undecipherable] where the [bills?] will [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — I have been obliged to change [my?] usual [undecipherable] in the case of Smith & Findley, they [having?] a bill at five days sight and [due from?] Fort Washington — I am [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] great [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Your?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] J. Wilkinson [undecipherable: D. Q. M. Gen?] [Col^o. Samuel Hodgdon Phila[delphia]] [Docket notation: Pittsburgh [?] March 4? 1798. Received [?] 14?] [Administrative stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401810.] [(47)]