War Department May 14^th 1800 Sir, By a letter received from the Secretary of the Treasury I am informed that the Ship Washington Captain Williamson just arrived in this port has on board One hundred cases containing two thousand stands of Arms shipped by Mess. John and Francis Baring and Company of London by direction of Mr. King for the use of the United States — You will be pleased to receive the said Arms into your charge and have them deposited in the public Stores — I am Sir Your obed^t servant. James McHenry M^r John Harris [Addressed: War Department / M^r John Harris] [Endorsed: War Office / May 14^th 1800 / [undecipherable] from to do no [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Washington]