[Docket, upper right:] Reading 1799 Rec^d — two Tumbrels No — two Tumbrels with [undecipherable] &c [Address, center:] Col. Samuel Hodgdon Superintendent of Stores [undecipherable] Philadelphia 3. By two [undecipherable] Horses &c — Reading November 3^d 1799 Sir I send you by M^r Frederick Rupp Two Tumbrels and one Traveling Forge belonging to the United States — Inclos'd is an Invoice of Ammunition & Artillery accoutrements contained in the Tumbrels — I have agreed with the contractor at this place to have them transported to Phila.^a for five dollars per day for each team, commencing tomorrow morning, Monday the 4^th Inst. — [undecipherable] allowing sufficient time for their return to Reading at the same price for which service you will please to Pay M^r Frederick Rapp on Bearer I am Sir With the Greatest Resp.^t Your ob.^t Ser.^t J. S. [undecipherable: Hawkins?] L^t. 1 Rg.^t A. D. E. — Col Hodgdon —