[Endorsement, page 2: Solomon Southworth — April [undecipherable] 1799 — answered [undecipherable] — Col. Samuel Hodgdon] Albany 27: April 799 Dear Sir I have drawn on M^r Simmons to [account?] of the War Department, for [one hun]dred dollars of the money due me from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [paid?] at Phila[delphia] to accommodate [undecipherable] as I have an account unsettled with you, [owing] to my receipts not being lodged [in] your office, it may possibly be an obstacle in the [due time?] of the order and perhaps a mere draft may not be [considered?] sufficient. Suffer me therefore to beg the favor of you to use your influence with him to accept it. and should any other voucher be necessary before I see him, I am ready to send it, of which he is informed.- I sho[ul]d not give you this trouble [was?] not [the?] [undecipherable] the money be paid im[me]diately. How are Military matters going on [?] is probable that the Regi[ment] of Dra[goon]s will be raised soon.- I shall be ever [most?] happy to hear fro[m] [you] [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [S.] [Col. S. Hodgdon]