Sam'd Hodgdon Esq At Sight Pay to Sam'd Meredith Esq Treas^r of the United States, the sum of Eighty five dollars 87/100 being so much which I have advanced to Express at the instance of M^r John Steele, and thus drawn for, agreeably to your letter of the 9. Instant. $85. 87/100 Sam'i [undecipherable] Off^r E Carrington Dep^ty M^r Sam'd Hodgdon Esq Agent for the Q. M^r Gen^l Department June 19. 1798 Philadelphia June 28. 1798. Received of Samuel Hodgdon Eighty five Dollars and Eighty seven Cents, in full of the within; being in repayment of the like sum advanced by E. Carrington to William Haywood, an Express from Richmond to Knoxville State of Tennessee. [signature: Tho. Meredith?] [signature: undecipherable] Paid 85.87 [undecipherable] Please to pay to William Haywood who is charged as [strikethrough: bearer] with public dispatches, for David Henley esq^r near Knoxville, a Sum equal to an Allowance of Seven pence half penny per mile going, and the same for returning from thence to this place, giving Such a part only in Advance, as may amount to his expenses; and the Remainder when he produces to you a Receipt for the delivery of the dispatches expressing the day of the delivery thereof; and charge the Same to the Department of War. John Steele 10^th March [17]90 Richmond Edward Carrington Esq^t [The States (War Office) P^o to D. Carrington 1798 May 24 To Just P. D. W^m Haywood Exp^d. In request of M^r J^o Steele commission for an Indian Treaty Q [undecipherable] W^m $85.87 Erron Excepted E. Carrington]