Philadelphia 20 March 1798 Sir, In answer to my letter on the Subject, the Quarter Master General informs me, Shot and Shells of all Sizes and in any quantity can be had in the vicinity of Pittsburgh? the price will not exceed and probably will be less than Eighty Dollars a ton, at that rate they may be calculated on with certainty. I have thought it proper to make the communication, supposing it probable that some arrangements might be effected by it. I am Sir Your most Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgden James McHenry Esq^r Philadelphia 26 March 1795. Sir Yours of the 23^d instant is before me, the account on request to refer the Auditor, of course until he has operated on it and the vouchers has passed the Comptroller also, it cannot go out. I will hasten the business and as soon as it gets into the register hands I can and will obtain it for your use. I will speak to Humphreys on the business you mention, it is [undecipherable: passing] strange he should recommend a officer for so important a Service. Your drafts shall be honored. Tin for Blocks and twenty Sets of Iron trucks for garrison carriages are under order and will be on the way Shortly. the Papers will shew you the temper of one Side of the Question, it is probable the Politics of the other Side with prevail — I am Sir Your Most Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgden Major Bace Cann [undecipherable]