West= Point Sept^r 12^th 1796 Sir, Inclosed is an Account of the repairs of Arms to the amount of Two Thousand thirty Dollars and fifty cents duly certified by Cap^t G: Fleming, the amount of which you will be kind enough to transmit to the supervisor of New York as soon as possible as I am in immediate want of the Money. The 91 cents for Cleaning French Arms with Sand was the price charg'd 3 or 4 Years ago — since which Major Hodgdon has seen fit to augment my charges on account of the very high price of [undecipherable: probable reading: labour] but by mistake the Cleaning Arms with sand was left out of the List. I am Sir your Humble Serv^t Joseph Cranch [Address panel: William Simmons Esq^r / Accountant of the War Department / Philadelphia] [Docket: Joseph Cranch / Sept 12 1796 / 32 / [undecipherable]]