[Docket notation, rotated, upper right:] Philad^a Sept^r 29^th 1800 John [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] that they [undecipherable] him in Philadelphia in a very Short time [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esquire Care of M^r Whelan Philadelphia Purveyor of Public Supplies My Dear Sir Sept^r 29^th 1800 I hope you will excuse me for not writing to you on the subject of your busings before now ^even and now for only using One half Sheet. For not writing I have only to mention that M^r Skinner has moved from West Liberty to Marialle, consequently I could not see him. — And on applying to John Eastons Friends at the Falls — am informed that they expect him to be in Philadelphia in a very Short time by the [strikethrough: dia] from N Orleans & that he will [strikethrough: with] wait on you with the whole of the money. If he should not, you will please to advise me accordingly. Let it suffice for the ½ sheet, that I enclose it in a letter to the Purveyor of Public Supplies I am in great haste My D^r Sir Respectfully yours &c John Smith [M^r Hodgdon]