Philadelphia 15^th Feby 1799 Dear Sir— M^r Carner got off yesterday for Pitts-burgh, finding your letter in the humour of reading I availed myself of to do you an Opportunity afford-ing you three volumes of the Gleaner, a work by M^rs Murray, the sister of Gov^r Sargent, it is on [strikethrough: many] pleasing subjects, and has merit— price three and a half Dollars— I have also sent you a celebrated novel called the Monk, it is deep and dreadful— price two Dollars— I wish you to forward the enclosed letter— all the arrangements are yet locked up— your very sincerely Samuel Hodgdon Major Isaac Craig