[Docketed: Colo. [undecipherable] Williams / Springfield [June] 26 1800 / No [undecipherable]] [Addressed to: [undecipherable] Hodgdon [undecipherable] / [Storekeeper] of Stores / Philadelphia] [Stamp: Received / State Dep. / Nov. 24, 1893. / N.P.O. 401810.] Springfield June 26^th 1800 Sir, Your Letter of the 11^th. inst. came to hand yesterday by the Post from Boston - as did that of the 9^th. those of the 10^th & 19^th enclosing Post Notes [undecipherable] and - [undecipherable] observe by the dates of mine advising the receipt of the Money - The Post Master here - tells me he believes the Letters now are distributed at the Office at Hartford agreeable to the intention of the [undecipherable: P.M.G.?] - of course those above referred to - as having [strikethrough: their road to Boston] - must be attributed to their being placed in a wrong bundle or Mail at Philadelphia - Should the irregularity continues I will advise you immediately of it - I am, respectfully Your Ob^d. Servant Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. Joseph Williams