[Docket: War Office July 14^th 1796 / Sec^y of War / Statement of Masts Spars and Plank wanted / (acknowledged) / rec^d July 21^th] [Addressed: M^r Josiah Foxe / New York / [free] / [stamp: War Office / From James McHenry]] War Office July 14 1796 Sir — You will please to make enquiry of the places where, and the terms on which the following articles can be obtained, viz 60 Masts, 90 feet long . . . 32 Inches diameter, 110 Spars, 80 feet long . . . 20 Inches diameter, 1500 Pine Planks — — . . . } 1500 (White) Oak Planks } 44 feet long, 6 inches thick 200 pieces of pine Scantling — I am Sir Your obed Servant James McHenry Sec^y of War [Have you a body of Statement A with you — N. Jones] M^r Josiah Foxe