Philadelphia [undecipherable] 1799 Sir — your favour of the [undecipherable] instant is before me — I know not what may be the amount of the transportation of M^r Kings baggage, but I think a reasonable sum may be allowed — Enclosed you have a Bill of articles forwarded for Captain Cornelius Lyman and charged to you — Am glad to find the recruiting with you as well where else goes on briskly — We doing all we can to hurry the Clothing now that the materials have arrived — The Surveyer his dangerously ill which is unfavourable at the present moment — Nothing particularly new — I am Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgdon Major Isaac Craig