War department, June 30^th 1791 Sir, If there are any unserviceable Iron ordnance or cannon ball, belonging to the United States, in your care, the Secretary of War requests that you will furnish Captain Montgomery with eight or ten Tons for ballast for the Revenue Cutter under his command, taking his receipt, and inform me of the quantity delivered. I am Sir, Your humble Serv^t [undecipherable: probable reading] Hodgdon [undecipherable] [undecipherable] M^r William Knox. [address panel: M^r William Knox — M^r Hodgdon's Office] [postal notation, partially illegible: received from Hodgdon [undecipherable] / Nov [undecipherable] / R [undecipherable]] [notation at right edge, partially illegible: letter from the Secretary / to [undecipherable] / June 30 1791 / [undecipherable]] [seal]