[From Sam'd. Hodgdon Decem'r 5. 1800) Order for Forts Wolcott & Adams Rec'd this 10. Decem'r 1800— En'd — $. [undecipherable]] 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 Forts Wolcott and Adams, at New port Rhode Island, the following supplies Viz: · Four pounds of cotton Wick. · Five gallons of spirits of Wine. · Six gallons of white wine Vinegar. · Twenty dressed Sheep Skins. · Two thousand Sponge Tacks · Two hundred copper Nails. · Twelve budge Barrels with copper Hoops. · Three sets of copper powder Measures from six pounds to half an ounce. · One pair of copper Scales with weights from four pounds to half an ounce. v Three brass Quadrants with Plumets. v Three Gunters Scales. v Nine calibre Compasses. v One coopers copper Adze and Driver. v Six Hammers. — Nine pairs of Pinchers. v · One dozen of Rasps assorted. v Two Laboratory or Shoemakers Knives. v Two pairs of Scissors. v Ten skeigns of Hamburg Line. v Six salt or drudging Boxes. v Four tin or copper Funnels for Shells. v One iron Kettle for Kit. v Three iron Saddles. v One Fuze Machine. v Two bolts of Duck v Six dark and common Lanthorns. v One copper Kettle. v One copper mealing Pan. v Two very fine brass wire Sieves. v Two common brass wire Sieves. v Two gauze Sieves with leather Bottoms. v One brass Mortar with Pestle. v One eight ounce Rocket Mould with Drifts and Formers. v One portfire Mould with Drifts & Formers. v One set of Bullet Moulds v One pair of hand Bellows. v One set of Tinnmans Tools. v One set of Turners Tools. v Fifteen tanned Hides. v Fifty pounds of Rosin. v Two hundred pounds of Pitch. v Ten pounds of Bees Wax. v Five pounds of Borax. v Ten pounds of pewter Solder. v Twelve Brushes. v One box of Tin. v Ten pounds of brass & iron wire assorted. v Nine sheets of Copper. v Three hundred pounds of Junk. v Five gallons of Olive Oil. v Ten gallons of linseed Oil. v One hundred & fifty pounds of white Lead. v Ten pounds of Lamp Black. v Three quires of sand Paper. v Six Coils of Rope from one and an half to three inches. —— & Two hundred v pounds of Slow match. I presume they may all be obtained at New Port, or in its vicinity; if so the Agent authorized to make the purchase, may 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 Esquire Purveyor.