[Sec^y at War] Navy Department November 24^th 1798 Sir,) You will receive enclosed a Letter from mess^rs Gibbs &Channing, and a charter party entered into by them, for the transportation of the Guns at Halifax to Charleston. — You will observe that the Freight is to be paid at Charleston, and no time is to be lost in directing it. — As the Expense of Sending these guns belongs to your department, you will be pleased to take the proper order in the business. This, you know, was understood between us, when it was determined that convoy should be granted. I have the Honor [To the Same] [ZWV21]