Philadelphia 16^th January 1799 Sir By order of the Secretary of War I send to your address the articles mentioned in the enclosed invoice. I will thank you to acknowledge the receipt of them, and let me know the time and order in which they got to hand. I am Sir, Your More Obedient Servant Samuel Hodgdon Ensign Foote [Address leaf: center] [undecipherable] n Williams[?] for[?] Commanding New [undecipherable] Mr. [undecipherable] [Marginalia, upper left of address leaf:] with 8 Buckets for $740 [undecipherable] Cannon [undecipherable] [Marginalia, right of address leaf:] Samuel Hodgdon ordnance [undecipherable] [undecipherable]