[Administrative notations in upper right corner, written at angle:] [Eliphalet [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] / Sept 30 / [undecipherable: circled reference number] / from 1797] Samuel Hodgdon Esqr [postal stamp] Philadelphia New York 29 Sept^r 1800 Samuel Hodgdon Esqr Sir Your favor of 27^th Inst. is duly received, the letter inclosed, to Gov Sergeant — is in season & will be forwarded, agreeable to Your Request, by the Indiana — I observe the complaint made by Capt Sti[undecipherable] respecting the Coats I furnish'd, they were of the finest made by Watsons, [undecipherable] my order and I believe are equal in quality to any that has been issu'd from that [undecipherable] — his [undecipherable] included four Sergt's & two musicians Coats which I have had made — and sent him, — This cloathing is furnish'd on a Subsequent return, of 3 July — made on the 15^th of S^d month — Dear Sir with Respect Your Hble Serv^t. [undecipherable signature] I have 30 or 40 [undecipherable] artillery — 32 & 24 p^ds cast at Salisburg, belonging to the New York, not in use, which might be loan'd to [undecipherable] they have carri-ages complete —