Philad^a 29 Sept^r 1798- Si I have received your letter of the 25 instant. Twenty thousand Gun Stocks in the rough may be transported to Hartford in a Vessel suitable for the Voyage— and I think any given number of Stocks may be delivered into the Public Stores at Springfield at four Cents each. I expect the Vessel back every day that carried the last Stocks, and doubt not she may again be employed for the same Service— Ten Thousand seasoned Stocks may be procured this fall say in three Months, Captain Joseph Anthony died [strikethrough: this] Morning, Doct^r Leib died last evening no abatement I am Si your most Obed^t Serv^t Samuel Hodgson Oliver Wolcott Esq^r Philad^a 5 October 1798- Si I have received your Note of the 29^th ultimo enclosing Major Craigs draft on me for two hundred dollars I have accepted it and now return it through the same medium as [undecipherable: probable reading: agreeably] to your request —— I am Si your most Ob^t Ser^t Samuel Hodgson M^r Samuel Price