Philadelphia 23^d August 1792 Dear Sir. Not knowing how long you may be detained at Cecil. I have thought it best to enclose the letter to your address which I received on the 22^d inst. I am ordered to send from Providence to Goat Island 4 twenty four p^ds cannon; the calibres to be as nearly of a size and all to be as near the true dimensions as may be. I am also to send from the most convenient Magazine 7000 lbs Cannon Powder and implements for all the Pieces. the whole to the address of Cap^t W^m Littlefield. The implements I shall send from hence to New York, and shall request Col^o Stevens to reship them with the Powder, and I am thinking to write to Littlefield to go himself and pick out the Guns. Tell me if this is not the best arrangement to insure dispatch. Your most Obedient Serv^t Cap^t Joseph Elliott Cecil Furnace Samuel Hodgdon