[General John Swan / 24^th December / Rec 27 / 1799] 194. Samuel Hodgson &c Philadelphia [circular seal] Baltimore Decemb 24. 1799 Sir I have this moment received Your Letter of the 9^th Current, enclosing the packages therein mentioned, Deliver and [undecipherable] at the Segar Office for the [undecipherable] care and [undecipherable] I have withdrawn from a Business that paid for my attention not [undecipherable] to know of what principals One exactly this [undecipherable] is forced on me, the Small advances paid for postage & drayage has only Charge ever made have been withheld, this would be a sufficient reason for [undecipherable] any new Business, if the other did not [undecipherable] I am with respect S^ir Your very [undecipherable] Servant J Swan