[Colonel Williams / Nov.^r / 10 / 1800] Samuel Hodgdon Esquire Superintendant [undecipherable] Philadelphia [Received / from / State Dep.^t / Nov. 24 / [undecipherable] / R.P.O. 401310] Springfield Nov.^r 10^th 1800. Sir, Enclos^d is a Return of the articles purchas^d for & Expenditures in the Armory for the Quarter ending Sep.^r 30^th ultt. with the Superintendant's Receipt. I expected two [underline: thousand Dollars] this day agreeably to notice in your letter of the 4.^th ins.^t it has not come to hand — I presume before this you have receiv^d my letter of the 1.^st ins.^t acknowledging the Receipt of nine hundred Dollars enclos^d in your Letter of the 27.^th ultt. being the ballance due on Estimate for September last. The Courts were to have met this day for the comple=tion of their mission — they have not made their appear=ance — You will be inform^d of the conclusion of the whole matter before I shall. be good enough to inform me — Gen.^l Shepard will be with you in a two or three days on his way to Congress — his conduct through the whole of this business (viewing [underline: him] in the light of a Jurdge) has been [underline: disgraceful] — This verbal representa=tions I expect will be altogether partial. Your presence here will be absolutely necessary for the well being of the Works. S. Hodgdon Esq.^r Yours Most respectfully Jos.^ph Williams