Reading all three images before transcribing. The first image is an archival placeholder (not document content). The second is the outer cover/wrapper with endorsements. The third is the letter itself. Here is the transcription: --- [undecipherable] June 20^th 1799 Sir, I ha[ve] [undecipherable] drawn on you, thirty days sight in favor of M^r. Sam[undecipherable] Fraser for five hundred Dollars for the [undecipherable] of the [War] Depart[undecipherable] and hope [undecipherable] will be duly honored. The [War] Gen[undecipherable] be advised thereof. I am Sir, your ob^t. Serv^t. Matt^o Ernest [undecipherable] [Endorsed on cover: Matthew Ernest / 20^th May [17]9[9?] / [undecipherable] advising / of a draft for [undecipherable] / dollars] [Address]: Sam^l. Hodgdon Esq^re Agent for [War Dep]^t Philadelphia [Stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O. 401310.]