[cover: War Office. March 30: 1797. M^r [undecipherable] Finch Francis &] War Office, March 30^th 1797. Sir, You will be pleased to deliver to M^r Finch Francis the Purveyor, as many of the [underline: Cannon Ball and Shells], in your charge, as he shall report to you sufficient for him, to make up a supply directed to be furnished the Dey of Algiers, for which he is to be charged in your books, taking his receipt, stating, that he is to pay for them, at such a price, as shall be fixed upon, by the Secretary of War. I am Sir, Your ob^t Serv^t James McHenry Samuel Hodgdon M^r John Harris.