Pittsburgh on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Received from [undecipherable] Nov 2 R.P.O.401310.] Sir I have rec'd your favors of the [undecipherable] 11^th inst and the former accompanied by the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Returned the letter [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] arrived under [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] immediately [undecipherable] to regain lost time the Accounts for [undecipherable] letters not [undecipherable] The Abstract for the latter part of the [undecipherable] go [undecipherable] Completed & I had have gone by this Post had not a late Gen'l Order [undecipherable] our Attention to other Business — The Quartermaster Gen'l has proposed a very Material Change in his Department which as soon as I am perfectly [undecipherable] acquainted and I shall Communicate to you more fully. I have however reason to Suspect that the said Gen'l has it in Contemplation to transact the Business of this Post himself or by his own Creatures & thereby render my Services unnecessary or if continued on such Conditions as to be rendered too disagreeable indeed degrading to Continue in Office. I Shall be able to give You a full account of this Business by next Post — Col. [undecipherable] has Written me that he wishes me to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Stock in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to treat for the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Treaty if you please I should then [undecipherable] send you the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for that purpose [undecipherable] I am Sir [undecipherable] Your Obedient Servant [undecipherable signature] [Ann. Hodgdon Esq. Philadelphia] [Received from State Dept. Nov. 24 1894. R.P.O.401310.]