[Address panel, written on exterior of folded letter:] [undecipherable] Jno. Hodgson &r. [undecipherable] [Corps?] Philadelphia [Stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24, 1894. R.P.O 401810.] [Page 1 of document marked "Illegible Text" by microfilm project — no legible content to transcribe.] Manchester. 18^th Dec^r 1800 I received your letter of the 27^th ulto [several?] days since, which would have been answered ere this but for the absence of the Young Man who was imploy'd by m[e] as a private confidential Gua^d, with an [undecipherable] to be with him; among the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable], whose receipt you require, all which shall be procured and forwarded [at] the moment he returns, as well [as the] vouchers you speak of as [being] necessary for the settlement of my [act?]. I am Sir with much [respect?] Your mo. ob^ble Harry [Seth?]