Trenton 20 Aug 1792. Sir Capt. Jo^s. Bullock has now taken the remain- der of the military Stores as p^r Enclos^d Return weighing Twenty Four Tons. to be delivered to Capt. Flemming at West Point [Freight of] for which I have agreed to pay him one and three quarters of a Dollar p^r Ton on his Return, producing a certificate of their delivery from Capt. Flemming— This I found necessary as I could not have them freighted so low, Except I agreed to pay the money here! This tho'd with the Store Shipped by Capt. Swet in the year 1790 completes the return of Publ^c Stores deposited in this State as p^r Return of the 16 of July 1789; except two 18 pound Cannon that were Claim'd and delivered to. the Owner of Hope between the 19^th Nov.^r 1789, which I duly communicated to you; also twenty-one 24 pound—one hundred and ten 12 pound— fifty-one 9 pound— one 4 pound— and Eleven³ three pound round Shott, in all Two hundred and sixty four, which were lodged in [undecipherable] Richards [undecipherable] Store at Fall River; [undecipherable] on my Collecting the further Store. Deposited in that Quarter. in Sept. 1790 I then found the principle part of those Shott had been embezzelled, Forty Six of which only remaining; and from the best information I could then attain, I am induced to believe the Shott have been carried to the Forge, [at or] near Taunton, and that M^r. Borden himself was concerned in the affair. Matters thus Circumstanced, I have thought it most adviseable not to Receive the Forty-six remaining Shott; There is likewise One 18 pound Cannon missing, which was included in said Return, and said to be covered up on Col^o William Watt's wharfs, but I have Spent five days labour in searching and diging for [underline: it in vain]. the probability therefore is, that said Cannon was not there deposited as Supposed, I have discovered Sundry articles in the Several deposits which were not included in the original Returns, and which have been Shipped with the other Stores to West-Point, Viz: Fifteen 12 pound Cases One Hundred 18 pound Grape unfried. — a quantity of match rope — a number of Tubes and Fuses for Strapt Shott — One 6 pound Iron Cannon, Twenty-one Twenty-one 24 pound— Fifty-two 6 pound— and Twenty four 4 pound Shott— Four Boxes of Musket Cartridges, and one Cask of Damaged Pouder, The Stores have been Shipped in as good order as could be expected, considering they were in such a decaying- confused [strikethrough: and] State at the Time I received them of Maj. Flagg— As the public property afore Deposited in this State of which I had the charge, [strikethrough: being] now all Removed to West- Point, Except the Two field pieces mentioned in my letter of [Remaining] 23^rd Intⁿ in possession of the Artillery Co. under Col. Dan^l. Tillinghast Subject to your future orders; it will be necessary that my Receipt on the Return, Transmitted to you on the 16^th July 1789, should be corrected by a Counter one from you— as I found it Necessary to [agree to] pay the freight; so I was induced to make other advances for and on behalf of the United States respecting said Stores which I [strikethrough: have] [shall] Charge in my acc^t. [undecipherable] amounting to and I shall be particularly obliged Sir, if you will transmit the money by the mail out [Missing Page/s]