Return for Stores Received and Delivered

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[received from State Dep^t Nov. 24. 18[undecipherable] No. 4018[undecipherable]] Springfield April 18 1798. Sir^o Inclosed is the return of Stores received and delivered from the first of January 1798. to the end of March and the receipts for Stores Delivered we have weighed all the lead each barr by its self, the number of barrs and weight of them is right — with the return for 1797. which I have inclosed. — I am exceeding Sorry that there has been any mistake in the returns. I Shall take care that there be no more in future. We have turned all the Powder in the Magazine and it appears to be in very good order. I am Sir with respect your ob^d. Servant John Beryant D^r. [undecipherable] M. Stores Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. Superintendant of Ordnance &c M. Store [Letter from John Brycant dated 18 April 1798]

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Autograph Letter Signed

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In addition to apologizing for past mistakes in his returns, Bryant encloses his return for stores received and delivered for the first quarter of 1798. Each bar of lead has been weighed and the number of bars and total weight agrees with the 1797 return which is enclosed.