[Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. B.P.O. 401810.] George Town 12^th Aug^t 1800. Dear [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Your letter dated the 7^th Ins^t. hand yesterday — and agreeably to your request I have [undecipherable] a Warrant for the draft therein inclosed, for whi[ch] I have obtained a Treasury Bill in your favor, and no[w] [undecipherable] the same to you — I am pleased to hear of the [hea] of Philad.^a and its inhabitants [and] be asured that [I] shall always feel whatever may be my partiality [undecipherable] this place, a predilection for my native City — I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] are few places like it which [undecipherable] [undecipherable] one must be satisfied with our situation [undecipherable] above to preserve one health, and [undecipherable] I trust we shall do as well as [undecipherable] [undecipherable]line Contractor's accounts I remain with truth [undecipherable] not yet examined Your friend &c. proper Steps for P. Hagner [undecipherable] be pursued. P.H. Saml Hodgdon Philad.^a