New York 13^th April 1799 Samuel Hodgson Esq^r Dear Sir I have received your favor of 12^th Inst^o inclosing Invoices & Bill Lading of D^r. Masters Stores, which [seal obscures text] be forwarded to Albany, when they arrive — [seal obscures text] arrived with the Clo[thing] for the Troops — You have not acknowledged the receipt of the Draft I forwarded you by the Secy of State, which I trust you have received, and is accepted — you will please inform me of the result — Benjamin is here and will proceed to morrow for Newport, has been detained by reason of the Wind not being fair for the Packets to Sail — I Hope your Visit will not be given up, It would suit me to receive you about the 5^th or 10^th of May, as I move from my present Situation into Beckman Street, at May day — I am D^r Sir [undecipherable: probable reading Wm Stevens] [Address: Samuel Hodgson Esq^r / Philadelphia] [Postal stamp: circular, partially legible] [Notation, rotated, upper right: Colonel [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / Commanding]