War Office Nov. 24, 1795. M^r Decrette informs me that a second pairing of trunnions have been made here for the project 24 pound cannon. He says they will be wanted at Cecil furnance. Please to have them packed carefully in a box, and sent to Charlestown post office, which is between the Head of Elk & the Susquehannah, & about three miles from M^r Hughes's furnace, where they are wanted; there being just being risqued in the carriage. The box can be sent in the stage, with a letter addressed to Col^o Hughes, or his Manager at Cecil furnace. I am y^r ob^t Serv^t Timothy Pickering P.S. If the 2 carbs of powder deposited to Cecil are not gone, they may be detained, or brought back if at Wilmington only. Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r