Should the public need cannon shot or any iron casting for warlike armaments, Hollingsworth recommends his friend Richard Edwards of Lumberton, New Jersey. He is desirous of contracting for the casting and delivery of his castings from an air furnace which will be equal to any on the continent.
Expresses concern that Howell has not received letter. Encloses voucher for salary. Asks for draft forwarded to Colonel Nicholas Fish. Relates news about raging river at Philadelphia.
Blount sends Henley the muster rolls of seven officers, but he argues that the service of the named officers was so brief that paying them is not justified.
Henley informs Howell that his recent appointment as paymaster was too late to adequately examine the payrolls of eighteen officers of the southwestern militia but he will do so immediately.
The deviation of the paymasters and sub-paymasters from the system prescribed by the Comptroller has prevented Howell from acting on a great proportion of their accounts.
Report written and signed by George P. Keeports reporting on the condition of the cannons at Fort Whetstone Point and Fells Point. The cannons are without carriages, are covered with dirt and water, and are rusty.
Belli has drawn on Hodgdon six bills in favor of Nathaniel Shaw of $500 each, which sum of $3000, after duly paid, should be charged to Belli's account for the use of the Quartermaster's Department.
