of your respecting Col. Hughes to procure for all the Employment ment confectioners by which he kept the Connective States as he Scale the cannon on the Potomac, and the Cannon will be made of the best Iron. If I understand your letter as to the making the Arms at Civil Furnace I certainly cannot object to the project. If appears to be made to only fulfilling the existing Contract, by making New Guns from Castings over those that are not yet in use. If Col. Hughes made ^made Barry to complete an existing Contract, I certainly shall never enquire whether they were made from Castings Cast by manufactured or from Pigs. I have not to believe that Mr. Tane Zagt came of Complaint and have a doubt of your ability Attention in discharging your Official Duty. Sam Sir & [Sm. Dal
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4.] The Pay Master General is authorised to settle the pay & Subsistance account of Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight of the 2^d Regiment of Infantry, under the 28^th inst inclusive War Office
28^th November 1800 --- War Department 29^th November 1800 Sir [From a member of the House of Representatives
from the State of New York, having been appointed to explore the Copper Mines on Lake Superior] Mr. Cooper, Son of the Member of the House of Representatives from the State of New York, having been appointed to explore the Copper Mines on Lake Superior, you are requested to give him any necessary assistance that you can conveniently can in the execution of this Service, which he proposes to Commence in the Spring. Sam Sir &