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Springfield Jany. 22 1800

Sir,

Enclosed are my accounts of expenses incurred in the Armory and Military Departments for the Quarter ending Dec 31.799- if on examination they are found right, I will thank you Sir to pass them to my credit. Will you be so obliging as to inform me if my accounts for the Quarter ending Sept 30 items have passed-

I am Sir with respect Your Ablest JW

[undecipherable] Acct. for the Dept. of War-

Springfield Jany. 22 1800

Sir

Enclosed are my returns of the Army & Military Departments for the Quarter ending Dec. 31.1799. together with the funeral Receipts to support the same. if on examination they are found right be good enough to pass the deliveries & expenditures to my credit.-

If it is your wish to have the muskets & bayonets which are received from the several private Factory's and deposited in the public magazines at this post Reinspected by the Superintendant of the Armory - it will be [undecipherable] to give your particular [undecipherable] on the subject - as doubts arise on the propriety of the measure

I am Sir with the greatest respect Your Ablest J Williams

Saml. Hodgdon Esq. Intendant of Stores-