[Note from the War Office 4^th April 1797 wanted Information relative to 210 — 24 pounder Shot —] [seal] · S. Hodgdon. April 4. 1797 Dear Sir. Will you pleafe to inform me, when the 210 twenty four pound fhot, ordered on the 16 March last to Providence R.I: were forwarded? and by what vefsel? — The Secretary is writing to M^r Brown, in anfwer to a letter rec^d: this day. Yours respectfully. [signature: J. Stagg Jun] S. Hodgdon Esq^r.