[from [undecipherable] / Philad[elphi]a [undecipherable] Nov^r 1800 / [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] / Nov [undecipherable] & Decemb[er] 1800] Superintendant of Stores Office Philadelphia 27^th Nov^r 1800 Sir You will please to procure and have deposited with M^r John Harris, Public Storekeeper in this City, as early as convenient, the following supplies, for the use of the Garrison at Fort [undecipherable: probable reading "Mifflin"] on [undecipherable] Island, agreeable to a requisition from the Secretary of War, filed in this Office Viz: - Three hundred and sixty Cannon Balls 24 [undecipherable] - Two sets of Rammers for 32, 24, 18, 12 & 6 [undecipherable] - Five reams of Rocket & portfire Paper, - Four [undecipherable] of cotton wick for quick match. - Six Gallons of Spirits of Turpentine for [undecipherable] - Ten Gallons of white wine Vinegar - Twenty doz'd Sheep Skins for Sponges - Three thousand [undecipherable] Sponge Sacks. - Three hundred copper Nails - Six Bridge Barrels with copper Hoops - One pair of Copper Scales, with weights from [undecipherable] pounds to one [undecipherable] - Twelve Gunners Gun [undecipherable: probable reading "Ladles"] - Twelve Gunners Pouches - Twelve Gunners priming wires. - One Brass [undecipherable] - Two Gunners Scales - Two pair of Callible Compasses - One Coopers copper [undecipherable] & Driver - One [undecipherable: probable reading "Tenant"] Saw. - Six pairs of [undecipherable: probable reading "Pinchers"] - Two dozen of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] - Two [undecipherable: probable reading "laboratory"] or Shoemaker Knives - Two pairs of Scissors. [over] - Ten Skeins of Hamburg Line - Ten dice of tarred Marline - Six salt or [undecipherable] Boxes - Ten pounds of Flax and Tow - Two doz or copper [undecipherable] for Shells - One Iron [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] - Two Iron [undecipherable] - One [undecipherable] [undecipherable] - One [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] - [undecipherable] Black and common [undecipherable: probable reading "Pantaloons"] - one copper [undecipherable] - One copper [undecipherable] Pistol - Two [undecipherable] wire [undecipherable] very fine - Two ditto — ditto — common - Two gauge ditto, with leather bottoms. - One [undecipherable] with [undecipherable] - One Bomb Rocket Mould, with Drifts & formers - One [undecipherable] Mould, with Drifts & formers. - [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Stocks. - One pair of hand Bellows. - One set of [undecipherable] Tools - One Oil Cloth. - Twelve tanned [undecipherable: probable reading "Hides"] - Fifty pounds of Rosin - One hundred pounds of Pitch - Ten pounds of Bees wax - Two pounds of Borax - Ten pounds of Pewter Solder - Six Brushes - One Box of [undecipherable: probable reading "Varnish"] - Ten pounds of brass and iron wire [undecipherable] - Ten Sheets of Copper - Three hundred pounds of [undecipherable] for woods - Five gallons of Olive oil - Ten gallons of Linseed Oil. - One hundred pounds of white Lead. [over] 1 Ten pounds of Lamp Black. - Ten whet Stones. - Two quires of sand Paper. - Three coils of Rope, from 1½ to 3 inches. I am Sir, Your most ob^t Serv^t [Signature: Samuel Hodgdon] Israel Whelen Esquire Purveyor.