Reinspection of Muskets & Bayonets, Etc.

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[Address panel] [undecipherable: Joseph Williams?] [undecipherable] Samuel Hodgdon Esquire Intendant of Stores Philadelphia [Received from State Dep't Nov. 24. 1894. R.P.O. 401810.] Springfield January 22 1800. Sir Enclosed are the Returns of the Armory & Military Departments for the Quarter ending Dec^r 31 1799. together with the several Receipts to support the same — if on examination they are found right — be good enough to pass the deliveries & expenditures to my credit — If it is your wish to have the Muskets & Bayonets which are received from the several private Factory's and deposited in the public Magazines at this Post — Reinspected by the Superintendant of the Armory — it will be necessary to give your particular directions on the Subject — as doubts arise on the propriety of the measure — I am Sir With the greatest respect Your Ob^t Servant Joseph Williams Samuel Hodgdon Esq^re

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Enclosed are the returns of the Armory and Military Departments for the last quarter of 1799. Williams asks that if they are found right, the deliveries and expenditures should be passed to his credit. If the muskets and bayonets received from private factories and deposited in the public magazines are to be reinspected by the Superintendent of the Armory, directions for doing so should be forwarded.