of your respecting Col. Hughes to promise Donald the Employ ment in future by which he keeps the Contour Shots, as he State the business on the Patoms — and the [undecipherable] will be made of the list here If I understand your letter with the making the Army at Civil Finance, I certainly cannot afford to the proposal. He appears to make to only fulfilling the existing Contract by making New Guns from Casting; over those that an unjust for us. If Col. Hughes [strikethrough: under] being to complete an Existing Contract, I certainly shall never enquire whether they were made from Castings Lately manufactured or from Pigs. Force not to know that Mr. Lane had cause of Complaint and have no doubt of your ability & attention in discharging your Official duty James Se^r [No. 3 d] [Nov] [8] [1.] The Pay Master General is authorised to settle the pay & Subsistance account of Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight of the 1^st Regiment of Infantry untill the 31^st Inst. inclusive War Office 26^th November 1800 [Comm] [n. 7] [Abel to] [Hamilt] War Department 26^th November 1800 Sir 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 aid that you can conveniently can in the execution of this service, which he proposes to Commence in the Spring. James Se^r