[undecipherable] War Office July 8^th 1797 Sir, The Secretary of War directs me to request you would be pleased to ascertain [undecipherable] enquiry whether any Ship Guns [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] Pounders [can] be [furnished] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] Frigate and their prices the numbers required are 46 [undecipherable] Pounders and 14 [undecipherable] I am Sir respectfully your obed^t ser^vt [undecipherable] Jay Timothy [undecipherable], Esq^re.