[Sept 13^to 1800 Sam^l Hodgdon respecting the Purchase of Rolled Iron Israel Whelen, Esq^r Present] [marginalia, lower left, rotated: Present 11 [undecipherable] M^r Hodgdon, Esq^r] Intendant of Stores Office Philadelphia, 13^th September, 1800. Sir, As early as possible you will be pleased to purchase and place in the public Store here, Two Tons of the best rolled Iron, four and one eight of an inch wide, and one Twelfth of an inch Thick, for the public Works at Springfield in the State of Massachusetts. If the [underline: exact] dimensions cannot be obtained, come as near them as you can. — I am, Sir, Your most obedient Servant— Samuel Hodgdon Israel Whelen, Esq^r Surveyor—