Philadelphia, 79 May 1799 Sir, Inclosing you have a draft on the Bank with you for Twentyfour Dollars and fifty seven Cents, as repayment of the following sums, viz Twentyfour Dollars ninety on account Twentyfive Dollars & thirtyfour cents paid M^cLean as per my order, D^r Twentyeight Dollars and Seventythree Cents paid him for after services under your own order— These several sums add to 75⁷⁰ Dollars, but an errour of fifty Cents is discovered in your settlement with him, which being deducted leaves the sum clear mentioned in the check — This errour arises in bringing the Pounds, Shillings and pence into Dollars; thus £11.6.10. is called 28⁷³/100 Dollars instead of 23²³/100 Dollars:— As you can rectify the mistake any hour I have made the directions for the sake of accuracy — your friend Schmerhorn dined with me yesterday; he is indeed a fine youth; we are as highly pleased with him; polite, sensible and very very agreeable; I shall always be glad to see him at my House when any circumstance of business or pleasure brings him to the city — Make our respects to M^rs Stevens and the family— your Sincerely — Col. Ebenezer Stevens Samuel Hodgdon — Philadelphia, 30^th May 1799. Sir: Some [undecipherable] is wanted in the public Store here for the Muskets and various other uses — Be pleased to direct the Purveyor to purchase ten Gallons, and send it there immediately — Sir, James McHenry, Esq^r. your most obedient Servant, Secretary of War — Samuel Hodgdon —