[seal] [Israel Whelen Esq^r Purveyor] [Philad^a Novem^t 18. 1800 from Sam^l Hodgdon order for Sundries for the reserved Corps on the Ohio] [Ent^d] Intendant of Stores Office Philadelphia 18^th Nov^r 1800 Sir, You will be pleased to purchase and have deposited in the public Stores in this city, as early as possible, the following Laboratorial Stores, tools and implements, intended for public Service with the reserved Corps on the Ohio, agreeably to a letter signed James Wilkinson, lately received from the Secretary of War; Viz^t, four reams of paper for Rockets and Portfires, six pounds of cotton wick for quick match; five gallons of double rectified spirits of wine, ten gallons of white wine Vinegar, thirty alum droped Sheepskins for Sponges, five thousand Sponge Tacks, one thousand copper Nails, four Budge Barrels with copper Hoops, two sets of copper powder Measures from 6^lb to 1 oz, one pair of copper Scales and weights, two copper Funnels, four copper drudging Boxes, two brass Quadrants with Plumets, four gunters Scales, two callibre Compasses, two copper Adzes & Driver, One copper mealing Pan of 2 feet 9 inches over, two copper Pans from 1 foot to 18 inches, two very fine brass wire Sieves, three common brass wire Sieves, two gauge Sieves with leather bottoms, one brass Pestle and Mortar, one eight ounce rocket Mould with drifts, and formers, One Portfire Mould with Drifts and formers, seventy five pounds of flour of Sulphur, five pounds of Antimony, fifteen pounds of Rosin, five pounds of Borax, fifteen pounds of Newton Solder, half a pound of spelter Solder, two Boxes of Tin, ten pounds of brass and iron wire, twelve Sheets of Copper, two dozen of Rasps assorted, ten pounds of Marline, tarred, thirty Drum heads, six dark and horn Sounthrons, one set of [undecipherable] Tools, half a pound of crocus Martis, [undecipherable] pounds of flour of Emory, two pounds of ague Fortis, five Gallons of olive Oil, fifteen Gallons of linseed Oil, two hundred pounds of white Lead, ten pounds of lamp black, ten paint Brushes, one chest of Carpenters Tools, one set of Shoemakers Tools, two nests of crucibles, and two dozen of flat & half round Files. I am Sir, your most ob^t Servant Israel Whelen Esq^r Samuel Hodgdon Purveyor