[Endorsement on cover, rotated:] [L. Letter authorising [undecipherable] Surveyor Simmons Letter from John Wilkins Jun. & James Miller, tilthe of his ac: from him from Simmone and 29^° April 1800] [Stamp: Received / State D[undecipherable] / No. [undecipherable] / [date undecipherable]] Sir. [Stamp: Received / from / State D[o] / [No.] 401810.] Department of War. Accountant's Office. April the 22^nd. 1800 On a settlement this day of the accounts of John Wilkins Jun. and James Miller, for purchases and expenditures made by them during the first four months of year 1800 by the special direction of the Secretary of War, they have received a credit on the books of this Office for articles purchased by them as follows. As will more fully [appear per] [abstracts &c] for the Armory at Harper's ferry in Virginia as p abs.^t . . . D.^o 1597.2[undecipherable] " the Armory at Springfield in Massachusetts as p d. . . . 80.0[undecipherable] " Ordnance Department . . . . . . . . . as p d^o. . . . 102.[undecipherable] " Quartermaster Department . . . . . . . as p at . . . 816.6[undecipherable] " Hospital Department . . . . . . . . . as p d^o . . . . 170.6[undecipherable] All delivered to John Harris. M. S. K. at Philad.^a . . . 2767[undecipherable] For Ordnance Department as p abs.^t D. delivered to} . . . 55.00 Henry Foxall at the Eagle Furnace {D.^o 2822.1[undecipherable] You will please therefore to make the necessary entries on the books of the Superintendent of Military Stores. I am Sir Your Ob.^t Serv.^t Samuel Hodgdon Esquire Superintendent of Military Stores [signature: [undecipherable] Simmons]