[War Office 24 Jan^y. 1798 To Tench Francis] [C^t War department] Tench Francis Esq^r — [undecipherable] [lower left marginalia, rotated: 1^yt [undecipherable] 300 [undecipherable] May 26. 5000 C^o July - 30. 2000 — C^o — C^o Oct — 14. 10000 — C^o — 21. 5800 — C^o — 13 — 4000 [undecipherable] 30 — [undecipherable] 42.[undecipherable] [right marginalia: undecipherable]] Sir War Office 24 January 1798 Be pleased to inform the Secretary of War of the Five Tons of Copper had from the Mint for the Frigate Constitution has been paid for out of the Monies appropriated for the naval department; also of what monies have been paid to Anchors for the Frigates furnished by the Contractors in the State of New York — The Secretary of the Treasury says that there are due to other departments about 20 thousand dollars for Articles &c. drawn from those departments for the Naval Service. Will you be so kind as to furnish the Secretary of War with a list of such Articles and their exact account, that they may be included in the Naval estimates — and am Sir Respectfully [signed] O^bt [undecipherable] Isaiah Jay [left marginalia, rotated: The amount of the [undecipherable] hundred [undecipherable] of New York on [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] 5 the Copper [undecipherable] from the Mint for the [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 4th [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] have [undecipherable] this [undecipherable]] The Copper was paid for by M^r Francis M^r Govett thinks there is not more than 4000 dollars due on their Books at the end of 1797 — 6 Anchor 4959. 12 Tench Francis Esq^r Purveyor