Philadelphia 12^th September 1798 Sir, Your two favours of the 10 & 11^th instant is this moment received. The 6 Muskets for patrons shall be sent to Baltimore immediately. The sum you mention as being in the hands of General Nevel, may answer the expenditures in the Quarter Masters Department at Pittsburg and being made subject to the draft of Major Craig will prevent his drawing elsewhere untill it is expended. I will write both to Nevel & Craig accordingly. The expenditures at Pittsburgh being very considerable at present, I think the fund had better be made subject to Craig's Drafts only with respectfull consideration I am Sir Your most ob^t Servant Oliver Wolcott Esq^r. Secretary of the Treasury — Samuel Hodgdon --- Philadelphia 12^th September 1798 Sir, By a letter received this morning from the Secretary of the Treasury, I am informed there remains on the hands of Gen^l Nov. Nevel the sum of Dol 2994. 72 which he received for the sale of Lands belonging to the U S and which the Secretary wishes to draw into the Treasury. He requests me to take measures for preventing any more Bills from being drawn out for the Q^r M^r Department from