[b. 554] West Point 22 March 1784 Sir Having received a letter from M^r Hedges about employing the Coopers the ensuing Summer for to draw and fill the Bardan — Will You be pleased to enquire and let me know what they Can be got for per Month, allowing them one and half Ration per day — I will thank you to Inform me as soon as possible, to that I may write M^r Hedges on the Subject I am Sir Your Very Humble Servt William Price Col Henegen Stevens New York Sir West Point 23 March 1785 I have been to Philadelphia about having two thousand barrels Casks made for this Garrison to Continue 100 Meals per day — Col [undecipherable: Pickering?] Informed me that you offered to Supply them [undecipherable] at 69 York Currency for Cask — Will you please to inform me within you will Supply lay them for that this Season, if not the lowest they Can be got [or] delivered at this Post between the first of June and the first of September, at different times — I wish to inform me as soon as Convenient as I want to write to Philadelphia on the Subject — also what [the?] two Coopers for per Month, allowing them one and half Ration per day — I am Sir Your Humble Servt William Price [undecipherable: Dep. Qr Mr?] L^t [undecipherable: Penny?] Hay at Poughkeepsie