[David Ames / January 1795 / Enclosing [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] Docs / request 1787 Docs] [Address: Honourable Secretary at War / Philadelphia] Springfield January 1. 1795 Sir Inclosed you will please to receive a return of articles received expended and on hand for December, likewise a pay roll and Muster roll & estimate for the same month. If it is your pleasure that I should settle my Accounts for November & December so as to begin the new year Quarterly, with that you would please to Send me one thousand Eight hundred & thirty seven dollars agreable to the inclosed estimate that I may be able to due it on the Recept of the money. I have received no answer to my letter of the 7 of December which was wrote in answer to yours of the 27 of November, and wish you would please to inform how you would have me contract with the Men in future. you will See in mine of the 9 Ultimo that I agree with you respecting the method of doing the work, and as Som of the Mens times are now out, it is necessary to be informed of your pleasure as soon as possible — likewise on the Subject of getting part of the work don on contract out of the Shop, and I have no doubt Som of it will com lower in that way than it can at present be made in the Shop — an Experiment will easily determin it and without any hazard — P.S.. we have had three Muffels a day the whole of the last month — I am Sir most devotedly your obedient and very humble Servant David Ames Honourable Secretary at War [Muster roll for / Dec. 1795] [Muster roll for Decem...] Muster roll of persons employed at the United States armory at Springfield State of Massachusetts in the Month of December 1795 under the Superintendancy of David Ames David Ames Benjamar Popkins Robert Orr Stephen Popkins David Bassett Luke Perkins Alexander Crawford Elisha Shaw Thomas Dale William Torrane Robert Mc Clench James Washborn John Mitchell Daniel Pettebone John Munrow Levi Pettebone Jacob Mitchell Jonathan Pinkard J. Oliver Newton Epheram Pinkard Montgomery Orr Solomon Chapin Naph Newcomb Abbigail Colwell [undecipherable] I certify that I have mustered the above persons this day and that all of them have been employed the month past as Stated in the annexed pay roll. John Bryant D. C. M. Stous [Estimate, Dec. 1795 / claiming anum short / rec. on Estimate for / No. 1795 / Dn 1537 54/100] Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on account of the Armourers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in making public Arms, from Decem. 1795 to January the 1. 1796

	Dollars	Cents
Due on the estimate for November	1017	66
Amount of pay roll for December	479	00
for two tons of Iron wanted	260
for clothing for apprentices supplied & bedding &c	80
	1037	54

[undecipherable docket: pay roll cover] Pay roll of Armourers under the direction of David Ames Sup^t at Springfield Massachusetts

Names	Where employed	Commencement of pay	Lasting of pay	pay pr month	[days]	Time of pay Months	Time of pay days	Total amount Dollars	Cents
David Ames	Springfield	Decem. 1795	January 1. 1796	70 dollars		1		70
Robert Orr	do	do	do	50		1		50
David Bassett	do	do	do	18		1		18
Alexander Crawford	do	do	do	15		1		15
Thomas Dale	do	do	do	18		1		18
Robert Mc Clende	do	do	do	20	10		11	12	97
John Mitchell	do	do	do	10		1		10
John Munrow	do	do	do	10		1		10
Jacob Mitchell	do	do	do	20		1		20
Oliver Newton	do	do	do	18		1		18
Montgomery Orr	do	do	do	18	6		20	13	63
Naph Newcomb	do	do	do	18		1		18
Benjamin Popkins	do	do	do	18	5		21	14	19
Stephen Popkins	do	do	do	20		1		20
Luke Perkins	do	do	do	20		1		20
Elisha Shaw	do	do	do	15		1		15
William Lorrance	do	do	do	15		1		15
James Washborn	do	do	do	18		1		18
Solomon Chapin	do	do	do	20		1		20
Levi Pettebone	do	do	do	18		1		18
Daniel Pettebone	do	do	do	18	11		15	15	37
Jonathan Pinkard	do	do	do	20		1		20
Epheram Pinkard	do	do	do	18	3		23	15	93
Abbigail Colsell Cook	do	do	do	4		1		4
								479	00

Springfield January 1. 1796 The above is a true and impartial pay roll for the month of December David Ames Sup^t