West Point 28^th Feb^y 1786 [S^r] I have Sent by M^r Timothy Holchum the Returns of Ordnance and Quarter Masters Stores for the month of July 1785 — I have given M^r James Marson an the Certificate for Cluning Nine hundred Stands of Arms, which makes one thousand he has done — As there is no Workmen about the place that can Value the frame Buildings, nor any Accurate Included, I have noted the places where the Buildings Stand, that I find by the Dimensions of Shortfade, and M^r Haughton his Lines in New York formerly of Cap^t Atkins Company of Artificers Can do It Better than any About here, he Leaves at the upper end of William Street. If not inconsistent with your Arrangements I wish that an Officer might be Sent here to take Charge of the Men Jam^s Fin — The Honnable Major Gen^l Knox Secretary at War — West Point 10 March 1786 — [S^r] Agreeable to Contract made with M^r James Marson I Certifye that the Said James Marson has Cleaned Nine Hundred Stands of Arms for the North State at Eighteen, Ninety Sixths of a Dollars Each, and is Entitled to Receive Thirty Seven pounds Ten Shillings for the Same at the War Office in New York ten days after this Certificate is Presented — which makes up the number of fifteen hundred he has Cleaned. Jam Fin — The Honnable Major Gen^l Knox Secretary at War — New York —