[Christian Gallagher 17^th July 1800 Recd 19 —] [Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r] Philadelphia July 17. 1800 — Dear Sir Sensible of the Obligation i am under for favours receiv'd, to accomplish with out delay, the employ You has honor'd me with, — Has — — compell'd me to retire to the House of a friend, to enable me [undecipherable: probable reading "'specially"] to pursue my Work — — having bin call'd on to repeatedly for small sums, i am at present unable to pay; i have found my business interrupted by My Mind — to much Harass'd, to attain [undecipherable]- — to my Profession — in Public — for the — present. — I am now situated, in Private quiet, and shall pursue with unremited exertion, the Work I have to delievers by Your Order — — no pains shall be spared to merit a continuance of that approbation — You have bin pleased to [undecipherable: probable reading "bestow"] on Those Specimens [I?] deliver'd. — I most Solicits Your indulgence that by beginning of the Month when I shall be able to deliver — what I have in hand — If You please to give Mr Gallagher Order for the [undecipherable] for the other [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — it shall to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Sir with respect Your [Ob't] Ch. Gallagher —