[Copy] [Letter to the Secretary at War Feb.^ry 17. 1788.] Providence 17^th Feb^ry 1788. Sir Since I had the Honor of Receiving your fav.^r of 15^th Dec.^r last on the Subject of the Two 18 pound Cannon taken from the Deposite of public Store. by the Owners of Hope Furnace — I have made Several applications to Gov.^r Bowen for proof of their Claims to Said Cannon — in order that I might Transmit the Same agreeable to your Request — but as I have not yet been able to obtain Said proof, and Two months having elapsed Since you Wrote me on the Subject, I have thought proper to assure you I have not been Inattentive to your Requ.^r and and shall persevere in my applications untill I obtain the aforesaid proof when I will Bomy self the honor to transmit the Same to you — It affords me peculiar pleasure To Congratulate you Sir, on the adoption of the New Constitution by the late Convention of Massachusetts — a most Interesting & Important event — I hope New York and the other States will soon follow the Godlike bean. & I have the Honor to be with great Esteem Sir, your Ob.^dt Hum.^d Serv.^t Jerº Olney — Hon.^ble the Secretary at War —