[Copy] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [Stamp: undecipherable] [undecipherable signature/flourish] Treasury Department Revenue Office Oct. 2^d 1799 M^r. I have received a letter of the 23 ult [undecipherable: probable reading from Sa]muel Hughes of Maryland, one actos for casting cannon in wh- e requests. that a person may be appointed prove the guns. when the fir[st] five or six of them are cast, that Shot & Powder may be sent forward, for that purpose — and Observ- that the drawings for the guns bear the figure of an Eagle, the carvings must be executed in Philadelphia and [undecipherable] sent [undecipherable] week. You will, therefore be [undecipherable] attention to th[ese] several par- ticulars. in due time — M^r. De Nancey is at M^r H[undecipherable] [undecipherable] works. I am Sir &c [1. Magg[undecipherable]] (Signed) Tench Cox — [Chief Clerk in the] Commissioner of the [War Department] Revenue