Springfield Oct^r 11 1800 Sir The two thousand Dollars you intended forwarding on Monday last, for [undecipherable: approximately two lines obscured by fold damage] I am extremely anxious for the fate of these Notes: — proceeded through mistake they had taken the route to Boston. they must, I think have come to hand this way, by the Post from that place — this is not the case the [undecipherable] has [undecipherable] & no money or Letter — I write this at the Post office — Prudence I think will dictate the necessity of placing a Check at the Bank. You shall hear from me daily till the event is known — The Mail is in waiting — I am Sir most respectfully Y^r H^ble Servant Joseph Williams Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r [Address panel: S. Q.L.r. 4 / f Annual Inspection [undecipherable] / Asst.d Commissary of [Store?] / Philadelphia] [Docket, written at angle in upper right corner: Ch[undecipherable] h. [undecipherable] / No [?] 7000 / [undecipherable]] [Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401810.]