[Samuel Hodgdon Esq^r Com^y Gen^l M. Stores] [fav. by M^r Corrie] [in Philadelphia] [Letter from Donaldson Yates dated 3 April 1785] Turners Creek Kent County 3^d Ap^l 1785 Dear Sir Agreable to your favor of 17^th Ult^o you have a return of Military Stores under my care inclosed, and a copy of a letter I wrote you on the state of those Stores last fall. I likewise forwarded you the Award made out by M^r Thomas May on the Reference entered into with Col^o Hollingsworth, since which nothing has passed between him and me on the subject, by the Award you will find there is one half of the money to be paid by Col^o [undecipherable] to the United States due December last past, I have reason to think that any demand of payment from him originating from me would not be attended to, and that he has expectation of settling that Affair by discount, any commands you may Judge necessary thereon will pass to him and inform you of the result, I am with much Esteem Sir Your very Hble servant Donaldson Yeates Samuel Hodgdon Esq^re Philad^a [Return of Military Stores at the Head of Elk &^c April 1, 1785] [near?] A Return of all public property on hand in the Commissary Gen^ls Military Stores Department in the District of the States of Maryland & Delaware under the direction of Donaldson Yeates late D. D. [undecipherable] the 4^th April 1785 Iron Cannon { 24 Pounders — 5 { 18 Pounders — 16 { 12 Pounders — 13 { 9 Pounders — 13 — at Head of Elk except 2 of the 9 Pounders at George Town [Maryland?] { 6 Pounders — 4 { 2 Pounders — 2 { 1 Pounder — 1 Iron Carronades 18 Pounders — 20 — at H of Elk Garrison Carriages { for 24 Pounders — 2 { for 18 Pounders — 9 } at ditto { for 12 Pounders — 10 { for 9 Pounders — 2 Travelling Carriages { for 24 Pounders — 4 } at ditto { for 18 Pounders — 7 Carronade Carriages for 18 Pounders — 1 — at ditto Shott { 24 Pound[s] — 604 / 1122 of ditto at d^o & 1932 Susquehanna [undecipherable] { 18 Pounds — 1820 193 of [undecipherable] at Elk 159 at Balt^o & 493 [undecipherable] { 12 Pounds — 727 346 at Elk 379 at Susquehanna { 9 Pound — 297 at Elk { 6 Pound — 86 at d^o Shells { 10 Inch — 5431 at d^o Balt^o & Susquehanna { 8 Inch — 1807 at d^o d^o & d^o { 2½ Inch — 132 at Elk Limbers w^th Wheels { for 24 Pounders — 2 { for 18 Pounders — 3 } at Elk { for 12 Pounders — 2 { for 6 Pounders — 1 Copper Ladles — 15 Spunges & Rammers — 15 Worms — 5 Carriage Cases — 5 Drag Ropes — 17 } at Turners Creek Kent County [Maryland?] Powder Side Malek — 100 Tin Stocks — 5 Musquets broken — 15 Bayonets — 4 Cartouche Boxes — 13