Springfield Jany 14^th 1800 Sir, I have in several instances disposed of scraps [text continues beyond right margin] and in one instance only of refuse Gun Barrells, Bayonets [text continues beyond right margin] after having had them apprized by [Col?] Orr & [Doct?] [undecipherable], feeling [strikethrough: myself authoris'd in the [undecipherable] of the last article by a] in your letter to the Superintendant. which he shewed me — the proceeds of which have been carried to the credit of the United States. — In future Sir I wish for your particular instructions in disposing of these refuse articles, not feeling myself Warranted to proceed further without them — I am convinced it is better for the United States to have them Sold for the most they will fitch - than encumber the Stores with them — I am Sir Your Most Ob. Servant Joseph Williams Sam Hodgdon Esqr [Address panel: Samuel Hodgdon Esquire / [Superintendent?] of [undecipherable] Stores / Philadelphia] [Docket lower right: Colonel [undecipherable] Williams / [undecipherable] / January 1800] [Archival stamp: Received from State Dep't. Nov. 24 [undecipherable]. R.P.O. 4013[undecipherable]]