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Springfield January 16>sup>th</sup> 1800  Sir  Enclosed are the pay & Muster Rolls of the Armorers employd at this post for the month of Dec<sup>r</sup> 1799 as handed me by the Superintend<sup>t</sup> also an Estimate of the probable amount of expenditures for the Month of January ins<sup>t</sup>--with a Return of Muskets & Bayonets rec<sup>d</sup> of M<sup>r</sup> Ames subsequent to Nov<sup>r</sup> 11. 1799--  If the Estimate of Expenditures meets your your approbation, I wish the amount may be paid over to Sam<sup>l</sup> Hodgdon Esq<sup>r</sup> my Agent, to be remitted me on acount of the Armory  I am Sir with the utmost respect Your ob<sup>t</sup> Servant  Jas Williams  Hon<sup>l</sup> James M<sup>c</sup>Henry Secretary of War Copy