Trenton Nov 10 1800 Sir Enclosed is a Return of the Articles furnished & expended in the Armory for the quarter ending Sept. We wait with the Superintendants thereto — I expected this the answer before this day upon to receive your letter of the 8^th inst. it has not come to hand — I presume before this you have sent away my letter of the 7^th inst. acknowledging the Receipt of up nine hundred Dollars indeed in your letter of the 27^th ult being the balance due on Estimate for last treaty — Your
Most respectfully
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Jos. Williams Lewis Hodgdon Esq^r --- Trenton Nov 10 1800 Sir Will you be good enough to purchase for the use of the United States Armory at this Post Two Barrels A[undecipherable] Ash Castleton [undecipherable] Iron Mill Two hundred pounds of good Brass about 8^o 10^s at least forty four hundred pounds best Steel, forward the same by the first vessel bound to Hartford to be delivered John Cooley Bostonion — Be good enough to forward your bills to your brother that [undecipherable] done for me to be made in this manner — Your [undecipherable] respectfully
Jos. Williams Procur'd by [undecipherable]
New York