[undecipherable: John Adams?] [undecipherable: Philadelphia Meeting?] [undecipherable: from J. —] [undecipherable] 1790 Col Darke These were the Men Armed a— the Musketts were many of them deficient the Touch holes being too Small Were they primed & some Was the Powder good [undecipherable] the Powder being bad these did not Appear to prove that the Powder was bad by the men's priming it flashed and appeared Very ordinary Was the Powder delivered to the Riflemen of the same quality Believes not but the Powder Deliverd to the was Complained of Major Faulkner would [undecipherable] be to inform the Committee what part Regarding the Arms I [undecipherable] [undecipherable] The body of the [undecipherable] were got & the [undecipherable] Miserably bad so that [undecipherable] a little [undecipherable] they Seemed to [undecipherable] the belly was [undecipherable] kept and the Varied they were made of Cannon [undecipherable: trunnions?] or The Other Articles were Supposed do I not now attack the Care of the Arms under the Quarter Master) Was their furnished with [undecipherable: better?] hospitials or Supplies to let troops to their — otherwise way Seen. There was a feared & another person appeared but they had none of these things There was the Corps I understood or Is Clothing & Arms The Clothing was rather inferior Some of the Arms Were deficient the touch holes being too Small I got away of them Changed at least the the not so many as I would I had drawn [undecipherable] with & ammunition before [undecipherable] Maryland and drew as much more Ammunition at full [undecipherable] & on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] believes having for [undecipherable] reasons for [undecipherable] Signal [undecipherable] I discovered that some of the passes Stopped as often and at times I examined the flints which I found [undecipherable] and and afterwards made use of the Powder drawn in Maryland which & where [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] did I at any time [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] I Informed the Commanding Officer of the defect of the Powder &c I do not remember that I did but I know both generally Complained of and Officers were employed to Repair the Arms by order of the front in chief— Were there not heavy [undecipherable] made from the Corps [undecipherable] Commanded [undecipherable] as believed been. Was the [undecipherable] along there were of which the Capts Complained Was there not a Monopoly to deprive [undecipherable] all the Armies & heavy at [undecipherable] Was [undecipherable] there was a great M^r Burns Was informed by Major [undecipherable: Trogrunner?] that he had Complained about to Gen^t Knox of the Clothing; those boots & [undecipherable: Haltes?] [undecipherable]. I Gen^t Knox had [undecipherable: no concern] that the [undecipherable] of the Arms did not prevent their being taken [undecipherable] But as imputed [undecipherable] Reposes to receive them. the Others were [undecipherable] that after 40 days found they were all in tatters Considerable difference in Clothing of the large [undecipherable: Virginians]