made of well seasoned pine boards must be provided for the Arms after your Racks are full— When the muskets are in the Chests should be hooped with good hickory or white Oak hoops at both ends, and the number and Minus of Arms marked with durable blacking on the end, that at any moment they may be ready for transportation, such Chests cost here about two dollars a piece— I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant Samuel Hodgdon— Col. Joseph Williams, Springfield.— Sir, Philadelphia 7^th Aug. 1799. The Secretary of War directs the inclesure account to be paid by you. The post will be charged with the Stores, and the Officer in charge will receipt to you for them in his returns to you, of Quarter Masters Stores under his care.— I am, Sir, your most obedient Servant, Samuel Hodgdon Col. John Wilkins— Q. M. G^e. P.S. Enclosed you have also a receipt for certain deliveries of Quarter Masters Stores to the 7^th Regiment of Infantry, which you will dispose of agreeably to your arrangement for the conduct of your business with the army. J Hodgdon