[To: Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Superintendant of Ordnance Philadelphia] [docketed: from John Bryant & C. M. Stores dated August 29^th 1795] Springfield August 29 ¹⁷⁹⁵ Sir Inclosed is the return of Ordnance and stores for the Month of July and the Vouchers for stores delivered I have made some alterations which I hope will be agreable. I am sorry I made such a Mistake in the return I sent on last in the number of Potfire Molds and drifts and yards of duck which was received and not delivered. I have it right in the copie that I keep. you will see by the return what forwardness the 6 Pound carriages are in. I was in hopes to have them finished by this time, but three Blacksmiths and three Carpenters and Wheelwrights left the works some time ago. I shall want ten or twelve hundred dollars very soon, for the twelve hundred, I lately rec. will not pay for the stock supplied and pay the workemen to any longer time then the last of July. I have lately rec. one Ton and a half of Iron which will be inserted in the next return. I am Sir your Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r John Bryant Superintendant of Ordnance & C. M. Stores