[Cover. Docket, lower left: Invoice / of Stores forwarded by / Ebenezer Stevens to Goat / Islands. Date notation: Sept 13. Address panel: Sam[uel] Hodgdon Esq / Superintendent of / Military Stores / [Philadelphia?]. Wax seal. Archive stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O.401310.] Sam. Hodgdon Esq. Sir New york Sep 13^th 1798 In conformity to the request contain'd in your letter of the 23 Ult. I have shipped the articles mention'd (except the 300 Eighteen pounds shot of which there were none in the parcel cast by Mr. [undecipherable: Faesch?]) on board the Sloop [undecipherable: Hercules?] B [undecipherable: Clover?] master, as per Copy of Invoice inclos'd — The Sloop will sail this Evening I will send you an account of the Charges attending this bus. as soon as they can be ascertain'd — I have complied with your letter of 27 Ult. the letters therin inclosed have been disposed of as you desire I am truly sorry for the deplorable Situation of your city and hope that you and Your connections may escape the dreadful prevailing Calamity — New york is in a very unhealthy state (and vast Numbers of the inhabitants have fled to the Country — no business doing — I shall be happy to serve you at all times and Remain very Respectfully Sir Your Obed^t Servant — for Ebenezer Stevens [undecipherable] Invoice of Military Stores shipped by Ebenezer Stevens (by order of Samuel Hodgdon Esq Superintendent of Military Stores at Phila[delphia]) on board the Sloop Hercules B [undecipherable: Colven?] Master bound to [Rhode?] Island and addressed to Captain William Littlefield Commandant at Goat Island, for account of the United States — U States Powder { 74 Casks Powder for Cannon each containing             100 Pounds —         700 [undecipherable] twenty four Pounds Shot —         7 Rammers & Sponges         7 Ladles & Worms } for twenty four Pounders         3 Rammers & Sponges         3 Worms & Ladles — } for Eighteen Pounders Errors Excepted New York September 13^th 1798 for Ebenezer Stevens [undecipherable]