Philadelphia 27^th July 1798 Sir Your letter of the 20^th instant is before me. I note what you say of the Ship Carpenters and shall inform Sheels. Enclosed you have all the receipts for money paid on the orders of the Carpenters to this day. I will continue the payment on the orders of the men you mention as going to Detroit, and will devise means for making settlements thereon. Your drafts have been presented and honored. In a waggon that leaves this city in a day or two I have put two cases containing Bottles, glasses &c. the one for M^r Abalis, the other for Bolt Wilkins both exactly alike and cost 24 dollars each. All the other articles requested answering to the enclosed Bills went forward 3 days ago in Hamiltons waggon. I conclude Bolt Wilkins has given you directions relative to his own & those for General Wilkinson. Bales account is charged to you. The 2 M^cY requests are to subscribe for Fenno's Paper for him, cannot you send him yours? I am Sir Your m^ost Ob^t Serv^t Major I. Craig                      Samuel Hodgdon [flourish] Philadelphia 27^th July 1798 Sir, When the expedition against the Insurgents was undertaken, the Secretary of War was absent — The duties of his department were undertaken by Colonel Hamilton who made every arrangement for the supply of the Troops, and as I understood directed the mode for adjusting the accounts. No documents relative to M^r Williams supplies ever came under my notice, the business being [strikethrough: otherwise] previously [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] to the act appointing a In- tendant of Stores — The only books with respect to the spaces which could be expected to be found in the War Office are the returns of the Troops, how far they may be of use I can not say — Return the Comptrollers Letter. — Sam —