West Point 3^d July 1781 — Sir I received yours of the [undecipherable], also the Col. Stiles to Ensign & Mr Duncan — Inclosed you will receive by Mr Duncan the Pay Abstract for the Month of June 1817 and the Money Can Come by the Same Conveyance if you please — There has been two hundred & Ninety two Arms Cleaned in the Month of June — Please to inform me whether the English and Hessian Arms Shall be repaired — There is wanting pig hand Vises for the use of the Ar- mourers — and this will be a Safe Conveyance by the bearer I am Sir your Joseph Carleton Esq^r William Rice Dep^t C^o Aftton West Point 28 July 1781 — Sir I have made application to Capt Johnston for Men to Assist and thin the Proviso Since Major Doughty's March'd — and he informs me that None Can be Spared for that Purpose — I must wait your further Orders upon this Subject, I am Sir your The Hon^ble the Major Gen^l Knox William Rice Secretary at War Dep^t C^o Aftton