New York 17 April 1799 — Samuel Hodgdon E^sq Dear Sir I have at length Settled with Major Stuve and recived in payment a note of Major A. M^cBlare for ten Dollars And Twenty in Cash. The latter you will please Charge me with and Settle the Same with Major [undecipherable]. It was on the best terms I Could Settle with M^r [undecipherable] — Yours Respectfully [signature] [verso:] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: Monroe?] Colonel [undecipherable: Monroe?] [undecipherable] 17 April 1799 [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon E^sq Philadelphia [postal notation: Post]