[21 Jany 1792 Letter [to] [undecipherable: Hand?] at War] War department — January 21^st 1792 Sir I have received yours of the 15^th. I much approve of your attention to the public interest in employing the armorers themselves in preference to any intermediate person — I pray you to send the Standard rifles, and let me know explicitly how many I may depend upon from Lancaster and its neighbourhood by the first of May I am Sir Your most obed^t Serv^t [H Knox] General Hand Lancaster