[The first image in this set is an archival placeholder card noting that some pages of this document are wholly or in part illegible.] [20] [seal] Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r Philadelphia [Administrative endorsement, upper right:] Benjamin Hodgdon J^r 435 [undecipherable] Informs [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] that [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Boston [undecipherable] Boston 13 Sep. 1799 [strikethrough: undecipherable] My Dear Father I arrived here after a tedious, journey, safe having been oblig'd to perform quarantine for five days at New Port. On my arrival I paid Mr Turner the money forwarded by you. Viz. One Hundred & Fifty Doll. He requested me to let him write an acknowledgmt. on the back of my letter I shall seek him & request him to do it by this conveyance. I have nothing new to inform you of. Our Town never enjoy'd greater health. I wish I could hear the same from you. Accts from yours. My love to Mamma & all the family — Adieu Sincerely [undecipherable: probable reading "your"] Benjamin Hodgdon J^r Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^re S^r agreeably to your request I take the first Oppy to acknowledge the receipt of One hundred fifty dollars on Acc^t of Cap^t Sam^l D. Turner your hum. Ser^t Boston 13 Sep. 1799 Wm Turner Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^re [undecipherable]