Philad^a 28^th Sep^t 1798. Sir I have received your letter of 27^th instant covering a Check on the Bank of the United States for three thousand two hundred Dollars on account of the Quarter Master Department. Inclosed you have the requested receipt to annex to the warrant which I hope will be found right in point of form, if not such as you may dictate shall be sent You — With Sentiments of Esteem I am Sir Your most Obed^t Servant Samuel Hodgdon Samuel Meredith Esq^r Treasurer — Philad^a 28^th Sep^t 1798. Sir Enclosed you have my receipt for the last warrant. By this post I send a receipt to the Treasury for the same amount received by Check on the Bank — Please to inform M^r James I have received his letter — I have as yet heard nothing from M^r Drange, but I fear the report he mentions will prove too true — I sent a Special Messenger yesterday to ascertain what has become of him, he is not returned, but I expect him every moment. M^r Fenno's foreman died this morning M^r Paxton's son is next in the Office and expects to be next taken — His father is with him and fully employed — No abatement yet discoverable God bless you adieu Samuel Hodgdon M^r Samuel Lewis