Colonel Samuel Hodgdon Favoured by the Honorable Mr. Thatcher Philadelphia Mrs. Murray Pr May Recd 7 1790 [Stamped:] Received from State Dep’t. Nov.24.1894. R.P.O.401310 [Editor’s Note: The remainder of the page is handwritten.] Boston Franklin Place May 1st 1798 Dear Sir I lately took the liberty to address a letter to you, through the medium of Mr Thatcher, by post, advertising you that I had put on board the schooner Sally -John Day Master - a box of books addressed, agreeably to your direction, to your care - which letter, and box I trust reached you in safety - In the letters you lately forwarded me from my Brother, he regrets the loss of the garden seed, which I sent on by Mr Thatcher last Autumn, or in the beginning of the winter - can you, my dear Sir, recollect by whom they were intended to be conveyed to him? If you will have the goodness to forward the inclosed, by the first safe hand, you will add, essentially, to the obligations already conferred on your

                          Most obedient

                             Very humble servant

                          J. Sargent Murray

Colonel Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia