[Docket notation, upper right, partially cut off:] [undecipherable] Col Samuel Hodgson Philadelphia Middletown 20^th July 1800 Sir. The Bearer M^r William Crabb of this Place is my particular Friend — he is possessd with full power to settle and adjust all accounts relative to myself, and to receive Balances on Settlement [strikethrough: at] should any there may be M^r Crabb has been so favorable as to advance me Cash — of which he'll inform D and also give you information of my present circumstances, and of the real necessity of my relief at the time — I flatter myself from the friendly disposition you have hitherto discoverd any monies or a part that [undecipherable] may conceive I am entitled to you will in my account put into the hands of this Gentleman I am really in want, and your compliance will be ever rememberd by Sir your Ob^t Serv^t Peter Grubb Co^l. Hodgson —