War Office April 2 1795 Sir Col. [undecipherable] desires to be informed of the Cannon Arms and Military Stores of the United States their [undecipherable] and where deposited — as commanding officer [undecipherable] these things will claim his attention and he will turn his thoughts to the means of preserving them, and make [such] a disposition of them as may be most [undecipherable] — For these purposes he may be furnished with a return [thereof] I am Sir Your obedient Servant Timothy Pickering