Springfield May 20^th 1800 Sir, By the mail this day from Boston, I received your letter of the 12^th inst. enclosing One thousand Dollars in Post Notes on account of the Armory. All letters from the Southward directed to the [Post?] are, by a recent arrangement, in the Office of the Postmaster G^l at Philadelphia, forwarded to the distributing P. Office at Boston which makes a delay of four days, from the usual time, before they are received — in remittances of money, this establishment may be attended with serious consiquences — at any rate, is a great inconvenience — the necessity of some alteration, will readily occur to you — I am Sir most respectfully Your Obedient Servant Joseph Williams Samuel Hodgdon Esqr [Address panel: Samuel Hodgdon Esqr / Intendant of the Store / Philadelphia] [Endorsement, top right: Colonel Joseph Williams / Nov 23^d [1800?]] [Stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1834. R.P.O. 401810.]