[To Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Philadelphia] Sir Be pleased to pay to Captain Garman or order Twenty dollars, being the amount of waggonage for the articles You sent to my care, agreeable to your letter of the 10 Aug. 1798, and the enclosed receipt. I am respectfully Sir Your Most Obd. S^t. James Simons Collector Alton December 22. 1798. Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Receiv'd Octo. 16. 1798 from James Simons Esq^r Twenty dollars for the Carriage of One Hogshead, One box and one bundle from hence to Charlotte in North Carolina, and which Articles I promise to deliver to Lieu^t Patrick C. Harris $20.00 [there appears to be an impropriety in paying money for transportation before the Service is performed — [strikethrough: No Voucher is produced to prove the payment by] M^r Hodgdon to Capt Garman, a receipt should be [undecipherable: probable reading presented]] [signed: W^m [undecipherable]]