[Address panel — outer wrapper] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [stamp: Received from State Dep't. [undecipherable] R.P.O. 40:310] [(37)] [undecipherable] much Philadelphia [postal seal] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esq New York 25^th [undecipherable] 179[undecipherable] [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401310.] Sir, Your favor of 19 Inst— was duly rec^d the Packet for the States which was inclosed therein I forwarded via Havanna for care of an acquaint[undecipherable] of mine, who said he would pay particular attention thereto— no opportunity presenting of an immediate conveyance to New [undecipherable] thought it best to send it by that route— I wrote M^r [undecipherable] on the 8^th & the [undecipherable] at War on the 20^th Inst— Relative to Remitting me the Balance due on y^e Cloth in I have furnished for Government, to which I have not yet rec^d a Reply, the Balance due me therefrom is upwards $4000— D[undecipherable] and I am very much necessitated for it— I will thank You to request them to transmit it me, as early as possible,— Dear Sir Your Respet^fly [undecipherable] [signature] M^r S. is at present [undecipherable] Albany—