[David Ames, January 1. 1795 Enclosing [monthly?] by [return?] Ack'd [undecipherable] dols request [undecipherable] dols] Honorable 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 7 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 easley determin it and without any hazard. P.S. we have mustered 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^r 1795] Muster roll for Decem^r Muster roll of parsons 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                          Benjaman Popkins Robert Orr                           Stephen Popkins David Bassett                      Luke Perkins Alexander Crawford              Elisha Shaw Thomas Dale                       William Torrance Robert M^c Clemche              James Washborn John Mitchell                      Daniel Pettebone John Munrow                      Levi Pettebone Jacob Mitchell                    Jonathan Pinkard J. Oliver Newton                 Epheraim Pinkard Montgomery Orr                  Colomon Chapin Haph Newcomb                   Abbigail Caswell cook I certify that I have mustered the above parsons this day and that all of them have ben employed the month past as stated in the annexed pay roll. John Bryant D. C. M. Stous [Estimate, Dec^r 1795 claiming [a] sum short rec^d on Estimate for Nov. 1795 Dⁿ. 1537 54/100] [Estimate] Estimate of expenditures on account of the United States, in aid, and on amount of the Armourers employed at Springfield in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in making public Arms, from Decem^r 1.95 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 [pay roll [undecipherable] [undecipherable]] Pay roll of Armourers under the direction of David Ames Sup^t at Springfield Massachusetts Names | Where employed | Commencement of pay | Ending of pay | pay p^r m^o | [time] left days | Since of pay Months | Days | total am^t of pay Dollars | Cents David Ames | Springfield | Decem^r 1 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 M^c Clemde | 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 Haph Newcomb | do | do | do | 18 | | 1 | | 18 | Benjaman 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 Torrance | 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 | Epheraim Pinkard | do | do | do | 18 | 3 | | 23 | 15 | 93 Abbigail Cassett 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