Mr John Harris Present Intendants Office Nov 7 1800 12 Bayonets to be Deld Jones & Kinsey Deld recd inside in the order Philadelphia 7th November 1800 Sir - You will be pleased to deliver twelve Bayonets to Messrs Jones & Kinsey and the same number to Martin & Holmes to enable them to fit the Bayonet Scabbard contractor for exactly to the bayonet which they are intended to cover - It will be best to take a lone receipt for them impressing that they are to be returned at an early period in the same order as they are received.
I am Sir, Your Most Obedient Servant, Samuel Hodgdon

Mr. John Harris