Samuel Hodgdon Eq^r New York July 23^d 1799 Sir I recieved your esteemed favor by M^r Coats And thank You for your kind attention to him; he has a good genius & I hope will succeed in his wishes — I have yet not recieved a line from the Secretary in reply to the last respecting my salary, but am making up my accounts & Shall Charge for my agency twelve hundred &fifty & other Various services for the [undecipherable] Seven hundred &fifty, which will make the desired sum I have this day Sold our friend Theodore Peters Sugars to amount of about fourteen thousand dollars for which I am to have in payment his drafts at Sixty & Ninety days On Lawrence Shores of Your City will thank You to say, if they are to be Relied on — D^r Sir Your M^r Ob^t Serv^t Tow Atkins If there Should be an occasion will it be probable the above acceptances Can be discounted [address leaf: Samuel Hodgdon Eq^r / Phildelphia / [postal stamp: NEW YORK]] [upper right corner notation: Tow Atkins / 23 July 1799]