[To Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Philadelphia] Sir, Cornwall Furnace 3^d July 9[8] By the bearer Jacob Fisher you will Receive Two hundred &eighty can=non Balls weighing 12 each, part of the shot belonging to the United St[ates] remaining at this place since the Revolution — for Carriage you'll plea[se] to pay him Twenty two Dollars — I am with Respect your Able Serv^t. for Rob^t Coleman Eq^r. Rudolph Kelker [Rec^d July 6^th 1798. Two hundred & seventy four twelve pound Round shot — signed John Smith] [Total Number Rec^d at Cornwall Furnace — 280 Rec^d in Philad. ——— 274 — 6 Deficient] [Sam Hodgdon Eq. & William [undecipherable]]