[Received from State Dept. Nov. 21, R.P.O. 401810] War Office, 7^th January 1801. Sir, You have heard before this of the removal of Mr. Dexter to the Office of Secretary of the Treasury. no Successor having yet been nominated he still [is] charged with the duties of Secretary of War. We have not yet any reasonable ground for conjecture as to the person who shall fill the vacancy. At the burning of the Office, among the [strikethrough: other] papers was a receipt from Mr. Jones formerly Clerk in the Office for a month's salary: as it is necessary to a settlement of Mr. Dexter's accounts that it should be renewed, I take the liberty to request that you will be so good as to have the enclosed presented to Mr. J. for Signature and return it to the Secretary. I am, Sir, with great Regard, Your mo. ob. Serv^t. [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. [War Department] [Address: Samuel Hodgdon, Esq^r. Philadelphia] [Docket: Annapolis [undecipherable] communicating [undecipherable] plan [undecipherable] correspondence [undecipherable]]