[Docket, upper right, rotated:] War Office 1800 — Ack^g advis of a warrant having issued for the month of Sept^r [(160)] War Department Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r. Philadelphia [stamp: Received State [undecipherable] Nov. 2[undecipherable] B.P.O. 40:13:0] War Office 16^th Septem^r 1800 Sir, The Secretary still continues so much indisposed that I have to acknowledge the receipt of your Letters of the 11^th and 12^th inst. A Warrant has issued for the amount of the Estimate sent to you by M^r Williams for the expence of the Armory at Springfield for the month of September, and forwarded by you to the Department. I shall hand the draft of the Copper rolling Machine to the Secretary of the Navy. I am Sir With great Respect Your most obedient [undecipherable: S. Newman?] Ch Clk Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r.