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                                      Springfield Nov 10 1800
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Springfield Nov 10 1800
 
Sir
 
Sir
    Enclosed is a Return of the Articles purchased
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Enclosed is a Return of the Articles purchased
 
for & expenditures in the Armory for the quarter ending  
 
for & expenditures in the Armory for the quarter ending  
 
Sep 30 inst. with the Superintendents Receipts ____
 
Sep 30 inst. with the Superintendents Receipts ____
      I expected two thousand Dollars this way expent  
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I notice in your letter of the 4th inst. it has not
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I expected two thousand Dollars this way expent I notice in your letter of the 4th inst. it has not come to hand ___  I presume before this you have received my letter of the 1st inst. acknowledging the Receipt of <s>f </s>nine hundred Dollars enclosed in your letter of the 27th ult. being the ballance owe on Estimate for September
come to hand ___  I presume before this you
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I
have received my letter of the 1st inst. acknowledging the
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am
Receipt of <s>f </s>nine hundred Dollars enclosed in your
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Sir
letter of the 27th ult. being the ballance owe on
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most respectfully
Estimate for September
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your affectionate servant
                                              I
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Joseph Williams
                                                am
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Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
                                                      Sir
 
                                                          most respectfully
 
                                                                your affectionate servant
 
                                                                Joseph Williams
 
Samuel Hodgdon Esquire
 
  
 
    
 
    
                                            Springfield Nov 10th 1800
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Springfield Nov 10th 1800
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Sir
 
Sir
      Will you be good enough to purchase
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for the use of the United States Armory at this Post Two  
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Will you be good enough to purchase for the use of the United States Armory at this Post Two Barrels neatsfoot Oil__One tun Father & Son Steel Two hundred pounds of good Brass about 60% of it sheet Brass & one hundred pounds Cast steel, and forward the same by the first vessel bound to Hartford to be delivered John Cooley Boatman ____ Be good enough to forward your bills to your father that proper vouchers for me be made in his name
Barrels neatsfoot Oil__One tun Father & Son Steel Two hundred
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I am Sir
pounds of good Brass about 60% of it sheet Brass & one  
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most respectfully
hundred pounds Cast steel, and forward the same by
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Joseph Williams
the first vessel bound to Hartford to be delivered John
 
Cooley Boatman ____ Be good enough to
 
forward your bills to your father that proper vouchers
 
for me be made in his name
 
                                      I  
 
                                        am
 
                                              Sir
 
                                                  most respectfully
 
                                              Joseph Williams
 
 
Theodore Ely Esquire
 
Theodore Ely Esquire
                  New York
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New York