[Address leaf: Samuel Hoagdon Esquire / Philadelphia / [postal seal] / [undecipherable] / Alexander Smith] [30] Samuel Hoagdon Esq^r Phil^a New York Feb^y 9^th 1799 Sir Inclosed you have an account of expenditures and trouble attending the shipping of goods sent from Philadelphia, am^t to $379.45 which you will please to pay to M^r John Barnes or order. We have sent all the goods to their places of destination (which we have recived) except the box of Stationary sent from Phil^a some time since but rec only two days [strikethrough: ago]. This we shall send by the first oppo-tunity; We are Sir Your Ob^ed humble Serv^ts Richbill & Mel^r Smith P.S. We have rec a few pieces of Kentucky which we shall forward to you by the first Vessel R M S