Please to deliver the within quantity, to Mess.^rs Lane & Decatur or order, out of the salt petre purchased from Adam Babcock Esq.^r Israel Whelen Surveyor of Public Supplies Sept 19. 1800 — M.^r John Harris Keeper of Military Stores [marginalia, written at an angle: [undecipherable] or Office Sept 19. 1800 [undecipherable] little Order to [undecipherable] for the use of the Navy] [13 A] Intendant of Stores Office, Philadelphia, 19.^th September 1800 Sir, Be pleased to deliver to Israel Whelen Esq.^r Purveyor of public supplies, or men, Twenty Tons of Salt Petre, and charge the same to the Navy Department.— As it may be inconvenient to take the whole quantity at once, you will be pleased to deliver it as called for, provided nothing less than ½ Ton is applied for at any time — I am, sir, your most ob.^t serv.^t [signed] Samuel [undecipherable] M.^r John Harris—