Pittsburgh 25 April 1793 Sir, I have applied to Turnbull & [undecipherable] Agent, who informs me that they [undecipherable] provisions have been appointed for the demand of the [undecipherable] stating that he [undecipherable] could not be delivered on [undecipherable] notice before the last of May. I [undecipherable] the necessity of [undecipherable] employing Blacksmiths, [undecipherable] all say that Turnbull & Shannon have a by no means [undecipherable] qualified [undecipherable] and that [undecipherable] claim a [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] a much [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for any purpose. I have therefore contracted for [undecipherable] tons of [undecipherable] Iron to be delivered at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] from [undecipherable: Badger?] [undecipherable] thanks to Pittsburgh is [undecipherable] three [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] $50 [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] that Turnbull [undecipherable] Hopkins [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] an [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: probably "substitution at"?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Agency [undecipherable] yesterday fifty Rifles and [undecipherable] in good order from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] must be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]