Philadelphia 1^o June 1790 Sir— In answer to your enquiries Sir— I inform you that Contracts may be entered into for supp- lying any number of Gun Stocks that may be wanted and at the usual price of twenty five Cents — M Henry Appaly of Germantown will supply on contract one thousand Stocks a Month — If contracted for they will after inspection, be turned into the Public Stores and drawn from thence by order of the Secretary of War— We have a sufficient number on hand to keep a supply, until those to be contracted for are pro- perly seasoned — This information you may use as occasion may require — I am Sir your most Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgdon [M Whitney] [cover: M^r Whitney — Present] [marginalia, upside down: from Hodgdon — June — [undecipherable] permits — [undecipherable] of Hudson — de]