Boston Novem^br 18^th 1798 Dear Sir, Will you do me the favor Sir, to acknowledge the receipt of [undecipherable] Attributing Colonel Hodgdon in that character of family circumstances — [undecipherable] astonishingly ready, and what I am oblige to make [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] a large majority of my subscribers are [undecipherable] [undecipherable] be very acceptable to me — [undecipherable] the amount of the copies of the Gazetteer which he enquires [undecipherable] Whenever it may suit Doctor [undecipherable]'s convenience to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of insensibility dares not [undecipherable] her words [undecipherable] was one of the ardent objects of his attachment, and who hath confirm'd [undecipherable] tremblingly alive to every thing which may reflect upon the feelings of a sister [undecipherable] drawn from hence, before he renounces his journey to the Metropolis [undecipherable] with regard to his removing, and whether we may indulge a hope of [undecipherable] the disposition of government are not yet defined [undecipherable] his determination [undecipherable] observe, that my pecuniary perplexities [undecipherable] are [undecipherable] every reduction which I had made — the manuscript is [undecipherable] further than the three hundred and [undecipherable] per volume for which I am justly [undecipherable] with my Printer, and for each extra page, I am charg'd one dollar, and too much — [undecipherable] with other contingences, have made a debt of [undecipherable] to seventeen hundred, twelve dollars, and sixty cents — This sum is not easily accumulated — an attention to politics is the present rage, and by a letter received from Richmond in Virginia, I am informed that the expressions from "the President" (I select the words of the Writer,) will prevent the sale of my books on that part of the Country — yet time, and perseverance will conduct me through this vexatious labyrinth, and if I am finally enabled to discharge the bills presented by my Printers B[oo]ks &c — I shall be comparatively happy. You will have the goodness to make my respectful Compliments acceptable to your Lady and family, and, with augmenting esteem, I take leave to repeat, that I am Sir, your frequently obliged, and very humble servant J: Sargent Murray [Address:] Colonel Samuel Hodgdon Agent to the officers of the Honorable [undecipherable] Philadelphia [No. 29] [(230)]