[undecipherable] Philadelphia [undecipherable] September [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable] [undecipherable] this morning I rec'd your [undecipherable] letter of the [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] — I am obliged to you for [undecipherable] to see [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] with you remaining with you [undecipherable] I shall now continue my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] I am sorry you did not receive my letter that accompanied this before you had occasion to make the [undecipherable] you mention — they will however meet [undecipherable] — the arrangement made will prevent further dretts on me — I am still at my [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] — the situation and my family are at theirs — the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of my House is [undecipherable], and the rooms in it are commodious — yet all my neighbours have left me, who have the same advantages — and so completely is [undecipherable] presented that I have neither friend nor neighbour in the vicinity of my House or Office — you blessed be God my- self and family remain perfectly well — My Wife would not go without me, and Atho[undecipherable] [undecipherable] determined to stay and [undecipherable] to my business — A Box containing sundry [undecipherable] addressed for Colonel Sargent, and anoth[er] [undecipherable] containing very costly and valuable instruments of [undecipherable] are in their [undecipherable] your address for General [undecipherable] — Both two valuables and rare Maps with explanatory Books — the last went [undecipherable] but was committed to the charge of a trusty Waggoner who said he would deliver them to you in [undecipherable] adieu — When received I wish you to pack them in such a manner as to insure their getting safely to their ultimate Destination — I depend [undecipherable] your known care and attention to get all these articles safely forward — adieu — I am Sir Your More Obt'nt Servant Samuel [undecipherable] Major Isaac Craig