Philadelphia 16^th Jan^y 1799 Dear Sir Your letter of the 8^th instant was received this Morning— Am happy to find it is your opinion the Boot destined for the Northward is safe— Your several Drafts will be duly honored— Our river is now open, altho the Navigation is impeded by floating ice the weather being fine I hope and expect it will be soon clear— and yours of course, for the frost is not usually quite so severe with you as with us— O'Hark is here the Quarter Master General Wilkins is busy, making out his Estimates and attending to the settlement of his accounts— I am Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant &c Samuel Hodgdon Major Isaac Craig.