Muskets Imported by the Secretary of the Treasury

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Purveyors Office May 27^th 1800 Sir The Secretary at War has inclosed to me a copy of your letter to him of the 24^th Inst. respecting the muskets lately imported by the Secretary of the Treasury and desiring me to have what is necessary done in the business — it seems a matter rather out of my line and which in general it might not be proper for me to under-take to decide upon, but on this particular occasion what you propose appears so [strikethrough: evidently] to be [undecipherable] necessary that so far as it depends on me I have no hesitation in saying it ought to be immediately done I am Sir with respect Your Obed^t Serv^t Israel Whelen Purveyor of Public Supplies Samuel Hodgdon Esq^t Superintendant of Military Stores [Received / State Dept. / Nov. 24, 1804 / R.P.O. 401810]

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Autograph Letter Signed

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Whelen has received the letter respecting the muskets lately imported by the Secretary of the Treasury and requiring him to do what is necessary in the business. Whelen considers this kind of business out of his line but in this situation it seems so essentially necessary that he will comply with the request.