Pittsburgh 6^th June 1800 — [received from State Dep^t] Sir Your letters of the 30^th Ultimo are this moment come to hand — I wish You could spare time to make out & transmit [a] Statement of the several sums you have remitted to me and of my Drafts [undecipherable] Statement I am not able to make a Compleat Statement with him — — I had Expected that you would have been able to hire [undecipherable] who has taken Charge of the War Department I have had some hope [that] our old friend Henry may have an invitation — Col'd Strong with a part of the 2^d Reg^t & [undecipherable] Port. Comp. of Artillery Arrived Last Evening at the Encampment on the Allegheny River three Miles from this place & there they are to continue until join'd by Several partys of Troops coming from Staunton Winchester &c. that will enable them to descend the Ohio to some point [undecipherable] near the Mouth of Kentucky River — Enclosed you will find three Receipts for Articles delivered the Painter & Glazeir in 1795 being Vouchers of [undecipherable] in 3^d Quarter of that Year which by inattention ha[ve] been neglected in transmitting the other Vouchers — I am glad You have thought of the Col'd [undecipherable] he is very attentive to have them says his Eyes are failing yet — The Bb'd of Coffee has not yet come to hand — I am Sir Y^r Very Obed^t Servant [undecipherable: signature] [Public Service] Sam'l Hodgdon Esq^r Philad^a