Statement of the Salt Petre and Powder, in the hands of Mess^rs Wheelen & Miller, the property of the United States 1794 Janu^y. 11 Deposited by Jacob Frances Surveyor at their Magazine at Frankfort 89 Caskes Salt Petre 71740 lbs @ 23¾ 6346. 17. — 1795 Nov^r 1 & 2. Delivered Wheelen & Miller, to be remade it being damaged & dust left by cleaning & seperating the Publie Powder in 1792 & 1793 3 double Barrels 14 single ditto 6 half ditto 7. 8 & 140^p Ton 196. — .— 1797 October 17. Due from Wheelen & Miller, the balance of their Contract for seventy five Tons. — No. 79 @ £165^p Ton 1476. 15. — Dollars 21492 22^⁄ 8639. 12. — From which, on settlement is to be deducted the cost of remaking No^s 1 to 79 of Powder. N.B. It should be known, that the salt petre Intendants Office 26^th Feb^y 1799. was charged at prime cost. Justice seems to require that it should be paid for at the price it would Samuel Hodgdon have had at any time since it was deposited. There was free Treasury Invoice: 72,443 pounds entry in Ireland books 71,740 difference 703 72,443 lbs Note at Date 23¾ amount to $2,379. 14. 8 is Doll^s 17031. 33/100 71,740 . ditto . 23¾ . . $2,379. 14. 8 . . . 17031. 33/100