in the Creek a[nd] [burying] them in the Mud— These [I] suppose are th[e] [Shot] and Kentledge mentioned in your Letter of the 2[?] [in] which you were appointed by th[e] parties to re[ceive] and make a decisive report ther[eof] and which [I direc]ted you to attend to in my Letter of the 29^th July Ult°.— As no report has been made to me upon this subject I have to request that you wi[ll] as soon as convenient proceed to the places where th[e] Shot and Kentledge made by Mess^rs Fraesh and Com[pany] pany are deposited and reexamine and inspect th[em] accordingly and take measures for the safe keeping of Such of them as shall in your opinion be fit for serv[ice] as shall be by you Considered adviseable & proper.— James McHenry [John Harris] Sir War Office June 8. 1797 You will be pleased to deliver M^r Hodgd[on] for transportation to Boston all the Copper furnished [for] the Surveyor for the Frigate Constitution.— James McHenry Jⁿ Harris Sir War Office June 8[.] Please to deliver M^r Dowe[r] the Sa[me] Two and a quarter groce or Nine pieces Scarlet ya[rn] binding for binding the Awnings of the Frigate United States.— James McHen[ry]