War appartment, March 3^d 1792 Sir I have received your favor of 24th inst— The ammunition requested by lieutenant Stowe for Muskingum I hope was furnished agreeably to colonel [undecipherable] request— If not it must be done instantly. In addition to the former order of fifty boats, contract for thirty more to be delivered within the month of May with proper implements. Mess^rs Dunning & Shin have offered to furnish at Pittsburg warranted axes— Contract with them for five hundred to be delivered in parcels of fifty— These axes must be entirely suitable for the service— the troops will be employed on The paymaster will forward to your charge two thousand dollars for this purpose.