[Address panel:] Samuel Hodgdon Esquire Superintend.^t of all Ordnance artt.^s and Manufactures of the U.S. Philadelphia [seal] Albany. 21^th. July. 1790. Sir. To Comply to your Order Dated in Conformity to it Dated Philadelphia July 13^th 1790. I have Shipped On Board of the Sloop Sally of Albany, [strikethrough: illegible] Peter Donnetey Master to the [undecipherable] of Col. Havens New York the two Eight inch Brass English Howitzers, together With — their implements such as I have Received them from West P.^t. that is Carriages, Limbers, Wheels, linch pins Washers, As I have no Others — implements. they Can be Completely mounted With very Little trouble and time in New York after their Arrival, Which I presume is the Case now, as the Sloop has Left Albany's Harbour on the [undecipherable] of the Above Date precisely at [undecipherable] O Clock P.M. the Confiness are So Retired that it [undecipherable] not to Loose [undecipherable] minutes of time if in my Power Sir, in Despatching What ever I may be Called on — [undecipherable] you Will find enclosed two receipts one for the Delivery of the Articles to the Master of the Sloop, and the Other for Cash paid to the Journey Men. as to the Order on M.^r [undecipherable] Simmons Disputing the Ballance against or in favor of me, I thought I Would Postponed it untill Such time as I Shall hear from Squire Simmons, as I have Within in my Proposition forty dollars public Cash, the Residue of the one hundred that I have Received from you, Sir, to enable Me to forward the Annuities to the Six Nations of Indians. — Nothing More at the present that deserves your Attention, please to Remember Me to Mistress Hodgdon and family, Accept all of my Wishes for your Wellfare all, and Believe Me a With a high Esteem. — Sir. Your Most Obedient and Humble Servant M.G. Boudin Ordn.^ce Keep^r [undecipherable] P.S. in Overhalling My Papers, Sir, I have found this Receipt Which Out to be Gone Before, but as it Was Mislaid I Most Apologise, and embrace this opportunity to forward it, So Instead of two enclosed, it Will be three. — [Docket: Samuel Hodgdon Esquire S.Int.^t [undecipherable]]