[Administrative notation, top right:] [undecipherable] / No. 93 — [undecipherable] / rella[tion] — / [undecipherable] [Stamp: Received State Dep^t Nov. 24, 1834 R.P.O. 401810] [(50)] Feb. 20, 98. — Samuel Hodgdon Esq^re Intendent of Stores Philadelphia Springfield February 20^th 1799 Sir David Ames superintendant of the Armory applies to me for the following Quantity & sizes of the best quality of rolla Iron, in addition to what was wrote for the 20^th ultimo — (viz) half a Tun, five tenths of an Inch wide — two & one third of a tenth thick — One Tun. three & half tenth of an Inch square — half a Tun, four & half tenth of an Inch thick, and five tenths of an Inch wide — Will you be so good as to direct the above Quantity & sizes to be forwarded for the use of the United States Factory at this Post — as soon as Convenient — I am Sir Your Obedient Servant Joseph Williams Samuel Hodgdon Esq^re