Pittsburgh 30.^th March 1798 Sir Your letters of the 20^th [strikethrough: & 23^d] instant accompanied by the News Papers are received. But the Invoices of Hamiltons loading said by yours of the 20^th to have been enclosed has not come to hand. I presume it has been omitted in closing your letter I shall make immediate application to Clenton for the Cloathing left in his charge by Captain Uriah Springer In my last I requested you to make another application for the Original of an account of which you sent me a Copy, since the Duplicate is M^r account is found. I am therefore sorry that I have given you so much unnecessary Trouble in that Business. I am not yet able to inform you in what time the Ship Carpenters will complete the two Gallies, but have some reason to apprehend that it will not be before the 1^st of October next I shall transmit you a receipt for the loading in charge of Daniel Fisher immediately after its delivery. An assortment of files is much wanted. I am, Sir, your most obed^t [undecipherable: Humble] Servant Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Philadelphia