[Endorsement on cover: Compt[d?] [undecipherable] 1,000 / a [undecipherable] Wh[?] make / a Return [undecipherable] / a Return [undecipherable]] [Stamp: Received from State [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] [170] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r In Philadelphia New York 24 Sep^t 1800. Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Sir By yesterdays mail, I advised you of the receipt of Governor Sergeant's trans- mission; Yours of 23 Inst. is at hand, with respect to Ordinance, I have not, received any lately. [There?] at F[or]t Jay, I will request Major Wadsworth to make a Return of which shall be transmit- ted you — As this State have acknowledged the debt due from them to U States, all the Stores furnished for the fortifications &c: will be [undecipherable] the St[?] N.Yk, and in that case, they will have 40 — 32 p[d]r & 40 — 24 p[d]r — with 8 [in.] Shot, suit- able for S[ai]d ordinance, and Carriages complete — F[or]t Jay will want immediately 50 pieces of Ordnance — the works is ready for them to be mounted on Dear Sir Your H[umble] Serv^t. Steuens