[Feb 155] War Office January 27 179⁶ Sir [Gen. Henry Jackson Boston —] The Secretary of the Treasury has shown me an Account in which there is a large sum charged for recdening Copper bolts If this work is still going on, pray let it be immediately stopped. There is danger of spoiling the temper of the bolts — It is monstrously expensive, and not necessary; I shall write you more particularly about the manners in which the large bolts are to be used in the mean time I repeat, let no more be recdened. War Office Feb^y 2^d 179⁶ Sir — [M^r Lead Shroff M^r Jn^o. Bluggs M^r Wil^t. Peacock D^r Jos Patterson [Naval Agents]] Should any part of the Copper bolts be in the hands of any person to be recdened to a smaller size, you will immediately cause the operation to be relinquished, as it is determined not to recden them — If any have been recdened, you are requested to transmit an Account to this Office of the size and Number of feet delivered for recdening, and the Number of feet and size returned, together with the bill.