War Office, July 11^th 1797 Sir. In the requisition made to the Secretary of the Treasury from this Office under June 19^th 90,000 [undecipherable] Matt & Pistol Balls were [undecipherable] called for — having since discovered that this quantity should be [undecipherable] only [undecipherable] Thousand, would you be so obliging as to [rectify] the foregoing mistake 100 [undecipherable] for 400 Muskets with require 40,000 flints at [undecipherable] 100 [Rounds] for 930 [Pairs of] Pistols at 30,000 [Pistol undecipherable] The quantity requires 90,000 I am Sir respectfully Y^r [undecipherable: James? Jay?] [undecipherable] [Francis?] Esq^r