[Capt. Joseph Williams to Col. [undecipherable] 1800] Samuel Hodgdon Esq hand & Store Philadelphia [Received State Dept. Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O.401310.] [Leaky] Springfield Oct^r 7 1800 Sir, In your Leter of the 27^th ulto you advised of your intention of forwarding on the Monday following Two thousand Dollars in four Pert Nots of five hun D^rs each of course they became due last thursday the 2^d inst. I have wrote you every day since that they has not come to hand — & requested a Cheik might be made at the Bank to stop payment on said Nots, provided they were presented for that purpose — I am apprehensive these Nots have been stolen; — if they were forwarded at the time fixed on — they must have come to hand before this — Even if they had taken the route to Boston —. I wish you would inform me as soon as possible what measures you have taken to guard against their being paid at the Bank. W. Lyman is giting better. I am Sir most respectfully Your Ob^t Servant Joseph Williams Sam^l Hodgdon Esq^r