of y^rs respecting Col. Hughes to promise to call the Employment and emoluments by which he tempts the Contractor. As the State the cannon is on the Potomac, and the Cannon will be made of the last iron. If I understand your letter as to the conducting the Army at Civil Furnace. I certainly cannot object to the proposal. If it appears to be made to only fulfilling the existing Contract, by making New Guns from Castings now there that are not yet gun. If Col Hughes makes it any to complete an Existing Contract, I certainly shall never enquire whether they were made from New Guns Cast by manufactured or from Pigs. I have not to believe that M^r Lane Zac came of Complaint and have a result of y^r an able ty & attention in discharging y^r Official duty. Sam^uel W^it --- [Sec. Del.] [Army] 8. 4. The Pay Master General is authorised to settle the pay & Subsistance account of Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight of the 6^th Regiment of Infantry under the 26^th inst. inclusive. War Office 26^th November 1800 --- [from m] [t] [dated to] [November] War Department 26^th November 1800 Sir, M^r 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^uel W^r [Page 7 Z2V04]