[62 42 3 3 &c.] War Office, February 25^th 1797. A supply of paper cartridges for the proving of twelve, nine, and six pounders is wanted. I request that you will be pleased to furnish M^r Hodgdon with the paper sufficient to make them, agreeably to the following statement — viz: { Sixty paper cartridges for 12 pounders, to contain eight pounds powder each Forty eight — d^o — — — — — 9 — d^o — — — — a — six — d^o — d^o — — Twenty four — d^o — — — — — 9 — d^o — — — — — four & half d^o — d^o — " Twenty four — d^o — — — — — 6 — d^o — — — four — d^o — d^o — — Twelve — — — — d^o — — — — 6 — d^o — — — three — d^o — d^o — — James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon Also, { Two hundred Oakum Wads for twelve pounders One hundred & forty four d^o for nine — d^o } for materials for the Seventy two — — — — — — d^o for six — d^o } same. M^r Harris will please to lay out such of the above items as may be on hand, and suitable for the purpose — and the materials for those to be prepared — M^r Harris. Samuel Hodgdon