[2 different writings and a stamp on the page] Colonel Samuel Hodgdon Addressed to the obliging care of The Hon. Mr. Thatcher Philadelphia

Mrs. Murray 2nd July 1798 Enclosed a letter to her Brother

[stamp:] Received from State Dep’t. Nov. 24.1894 R.P.O. 401310. Boston Franklin Place July 2d 1798 My Dear Sir I doubt not you will have the goodness to forward the inclosed as expeditionly as possible. I am ignorant if I should address my Brother by his new title at this early period, but as you will probably transmit the letter under cover, this can be of no importance. In the line you were lately so kind as to inclose me, my Brother observes, that he has not received the books, not even those which went in the box with yours, and Doctor Barton’s his letter is dated the 27th of May. and you will confer upon me an additional obligation, if you will inform me whether you think it probable they reached him before he commenced his journey to the Mississippi Territory. I cannot but hope that Doctor Barton may find it convenient to remit me the small sum due for the Gleaner, that may reach me by the middle of the present month. I am necessitated to make a large payment to my Printer in a few days, and my Subscribers are astonishingly negligent. Please to present my affectionate regards to your family, and accept, Dear Sir, the sincere, and grateful respect of your most obedient very humble servant J. Sargent Murray

Colonel Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia