[Endorsement on wrapper: Intendant of Stores / December 5. 1800 / [undecipherable] Whelen / [undecipherable] / Esq / [undecipherable] to Amount [undecipherable] / 10.] [Left margin note: [undecipherable] allow [undecipherable] at / [undecipherable] Drum at [undecipherable] 12 th] Intendant of Stores Office Philadelphia 5^th Dec. 1800. Sir, As early as possible, I request you will be pleased to procure and deposit in Fort Jay, New York, the following supplies Viz^t. Two reams of rocket and Potfire Paper. Four pounds of cotton Wick. Five gallons of Spirits of Wine. Six gallons of white wine Vinegar. Twenty dressed Sheep Skins. Two thousand Spunge Sacks. Three hundred copper Nails. Eight budge Barrels with copper Hoops. One pair of copper Scales with weights, from four pounds to half an ounce. Two brass Quadrants with plumets. Two Gunters Scales. Two callibre Compasses. One coopers copper Adze and Driver. One dozen of Rasps assorted. Two pairs of Scifsars. One iron Kettle for Kit. Two iron Ladles. One Fuze Machine. Two bolts of Duck. Two dark and common Lantherms One copper Kittle. One copper mealing Pan. Two brass wire Sieves very fine. Two common brass wire Sieves. Two gauze Sieves with leather Bottoms. One brass Mortar with Pestle. One Set of bullet Moulds. One pair of Hand Bellows. One set of tinmans Tools, [undecipherable], one set of Turners Tools. One oil Cloth. Ten tanned Hides. Five pounds of Borax. Ten pounds of pewter Solder. Six Brushes. Ten pounds of brass & iron wire assorted. Eight Sheets of Copper. Two hundred pounds of Junk. Five gallons of Olive Oil. Ten gallons of Linseed Oil. One hundred pounds of white Lead. Ten pounds of Lamp Black. and Two hundred pounds of Slow Match. I presume they may all be obtained at New York; if so the Agent authorized to make the purchase, can make the deposit also. In this case two receipts must be taken for the articles delivered; one of which to accompany your cash Accounts, the other to be transmitted immediately to my Office, that the Post may be duly charged. I am, Sir Your most ob:^t Servant Samuel Hodgdon Israel Whelen Esq^r Purveyor