Fort Johnson, 14^th Mar: 1800. Dear Sir The day before yesterday I received yours of the 6^th of last month. I delivered the letter to De Bergen as you requested, and the enclosed to his wife. I wrote you on the fourth of December last and enclosed you a return of the clothing due to Capt. [undecipherable] company- and I then request-ed you to give me information whether there were particular modes adopted for [undecipherable] their returns- I wish you had received this letter- because I should then have been able to have answered the more inquiries respecting their situ-ation- M^r Freeman joins me in the sincerest congratulation on the birth of your daughter- We shall never do any thing like this, however, the circumstance may be considered as fortu-nate for us, as we are liable to be removed in- S^t Croix to S^t Mary's- Perhaps if we were firmly fixed to one spot, we should be anxious to exonerate ourselves of the blame, and en-deavor to do better- Present our best wishes to M^rs Hodgdon on the birth of [undecipherable] & infant, and mine particularly to Miss Phillips who must feel that she as well as ourselves, are not doing our duty to Society. I hope she will not, however, leave this world without her errand. I am Dear Sir Your sincerely Jonts. Freeman [Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r.] [Philadelphia] [Docket: Major Jonts. Freeman, 14^th March 1800] [Received State De[partment] Nov. 24, R.P.O. 401810]