[Intendant Office Nov 17 1800 Powder & Portfires to the N^o Col^o [undecipherable] [undecipherable] order] Intendant of Stores Office Philadelphia 13 November 1800. Sir, Be pleased to deliver to Colonel Tensard, Nine Barrels of Powder, and Six Portfires, for the purpose of proving Cannon cast at Lane & Salter's Furnace under contract with and for the use of the United States — your most obedient Servant, Samuel Hodgdon — M^r John Harris — [forwarded 17 [undecipherable] 1800]