[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1804. R.P.O. 401810.] [(10)] [Docket, upper right, rotated:] Colo. J[undecipherable] / 9^th November / 179[undecipherable] Col^o. Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia Pittsburgh 9^th Nov^r. 1798 Sir, I have rec'd your favor of the 2^d instant. I expect to have permission to go to Philadelphia for a short time This [undecipherable: winter?], when I can compleat the necessary arrangements respecting the stores. There will be a considerable supply requisite for the ensuing year, these if provided in time at Phil^a. will save a great expence, as the purchases at the places were the troops are, adds greatly to the charge — You have certainly run a great risk in continueing in the city during the contageous disease — your exertions on behalf of the publick interest during this period deserves their Thanks, & something more substantial — I am, with great regard, your ob^t [undecipherable] Col^o. Samuel Hodgdon [signature: undecipherable]