[Received from Sec. of War / Nov. 2 / R.P.O.] Pittsburgh 27. June 1800 Sir Your letter of the 20 instant accompanied by one addressed to Capt Matthew Earnest is Received; We had Entertained hopes of important Foreign news as well as Some Account of the present Administration of our own Government but Newspapers as well as letters appear barren — I have not heard the D. M. Gen. say who is to be his Agent at the Seat of Government, I presume that as soon as Gen. Wilkinson comes forward to the War Office he will be met there by the Quarter Master General & the necessary arrangement made in the department — Col. Hamtramck is much pleased with his Spectacles and Requests you to accept of his Gratefull thanks for your attention in procuring & Sending them So promptly — As no Waggons have lately Arrived with [undecipherable] of Course the Bbl of Sugar & Coffee is not Come forward — We have nothing New at this place Complaints of Scarcity of Circulating Cash Increases amongst the Merchants. Country Produce So Cheap as to be very Discouraging to Farmers good Flour at one Doll 25 Cts per C^wt and other Articles in proportion. A Boat with 500 Bushls Corn is now unloading for use of the United States at 25 Cents per Bushell — I am Sir Your obedient Servant Isaac Craig Hodgdon Esq^r Philad.