them to put them [undecipherable] to the [nurse?] are this on left [eye?] [undecipherable] at [Elkton?] the [R?] [undecipherable] [named?] July [year?] and [undecipherable] [news?] [still?] to Congress [1793?] [undecipherable] and [not?] [on?] to [information?] to this [undecipherable] [but?] [over?] to [rule?] the [around?] the [Belle?], a [lot?] [undecipherable] [mine?] from which [attention?] [perhaps?] I [have?] [undecipherable] the [Covenant?] to [say?] the [only?] the [undecipherable] the [Covenant?] is [removed?] one from them [undecipherable] [waits?] and [undecipherable] to [Port?] to their on most of [undecipherable] this [end?], the so [things?] on at M[r?] [Goss?] [undecipherable] to be [removed?] [undecipherable] at [Annex?] [back?] to the Militia Store [undecipherable] where [are?] of M[r?] [Daniel?] the [pointed?] and [undecipherable] other on to be [undecipherable] and ways to [undecipherable] to [receive?] [good?] also [allowed?] to the [undecipherable] to [here?] a [Military?] from on the [store?] to [undecipherable] [Marion?] [undecipherable] at [Pellet?] [former?] there are no [undecipherable] [an?] [Hundred?] named, Guns [undecipherable] is their [Opinion?] [Many?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to many [Options?] the is not to [cite?] and [undecipherable] [under?] [former?] to [battle?] to the same to [undecipherable] [Militia?] to to be had [undecipherable] [Here?] [has?] been [former?] I [undecipherable] to [depose?] you [known?], [former?] to [there?] [undecipherable] and [very?] [many?], [former?] [that?] [now?] [undecipherable] [gives?] [many?] [power?], the [power?] of [undecipherable] at the [plentish?] [bitter?] [undecipherable] [both?] the highest [formed?] [undecipherable] from [Bragos?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable signature] [Secretary?] of [State?] O[S?] --- Return of a[ll?] [Public?] Property in hand in the [Commissary?] Military Stores Department in the District of the [State?] of Maryland and Delaware under the Direction of [undecipherable] C.S. Inspected at [Elkton?] the 29 Aug[us]t 1793 [undecipherable] { [18?] Pounders - - - - - - - - - 9 12 D^o D^o - - - - - - - - - 10 [Wagon?] 9 D^o - - - - - - - - - - 11 } at [Elkton?] 6 D^o - - - - - - - - - - 4 2 D^o - - - - - - - - - - 2 [3?] D^o - - - - - - - - - 1 { [18?] D^o Iron Carriages [20?] under the care of M[r?] [Hart?] Inspected at Turners Creek the [29^th?] Aug[us]t [Forces?] { 24 Pounders - - - [20?] } at [two?] [years?] [to?] [new?] { 18 D^o - - - 9 } Court— [Map?] { 12 D^o - - 10 } { 9 D^o - - - 2 } [mounted?] at [Georget?] on Traveling { for [24?] Pounders 4 } Carriages { for 18 [Pound?]... 1 } Carronade Carriage for 18 Pounder 1 [Limbers?] { for 24 Pounders 2 } Wheels { 18 D^o - - 3 } { 12 D^o - - 2 } { 6 D^o - - 1 } Copper Ladles 18. the Ladle could not be found — Sponges & Rammers 40. [Worms?] 3. Cartridge [Cases?] 8. Drag Ropes 17. the drag Ropes are rotten. Pounds of slow match 106. the slow match has been found [undecipherable] as [so?] [damaged?] [undecipherable] [Adjustable?] [Gorget?] 16. [Joints?] 4. [Rings?] [Pieces?] 13. --- Report of [the?] Cannons at [Elkton?] The Cannons are at [Different?] Places, at [Elk?] [landing?] and [Elkton?], they are partly under roof — M[r?] [Hart?] has [lend?] [sent?] to [some?] [undecipherable] as best he [can?]. [One?], [too?] M[?] [good?] Carriages [undecipherable] for for one [Drawing?] [given?] Carriages, [that?] he could have them [returned?] when [that?] he would have them returned — there are [five?], [twenty?] four Pounders, and [some?], [Eighteen?] Pounders, and [some?] [undecipherable] to my Return, [great?] [Cannon?] [mentioned?], I found that by [order?] [a?] General [undecipherable] [date?] the [M?] [June?] [1795?] they [have?] [sent?] to [Charles?] [town?], [together?] with [two?] [hundred?] and [fifty?], [twenty?] four Pounders [undecipherable] [are?] one [hundred?] and [fifty?], [Eighteen?] Pounders with [undecipherable] [Report?] of the [ordnance?] Stores at Turner Creek the [garrison?] [Carriages?] of the [different?] [groups?] [are?] all [useless?] for [service?], they having been [cut?] [exposed?] to the weather in the [front?] of the [Creek?] [from?] [time?] [under?] water and [undecipherable] [from?] out of the water, the [wood?] is [rotten?], [decayed?], the [iron?] [may?] be of [use?] — the [wheels?] are [good?] and are [under?] [cover?] the [travelling?] [Carriages?] for [some?] [Eighteen?] [Pounders?] and [some?] [Eighteen?] [Pounders?] [are?] [good?] and [are?] [under?] cover the [travelling?] [Carriages?] [for?] [some?] [Eighteen?] [Pounders?] [for?] [service?] [undecipherable] the [Beds?] of the [Carriages?] are [forged?] and [corroded?], the [wheels?] are [under?] and [may?] be [visited?] with [little?] [expense?] Carronade [Carriage?] is in the same [situation?] as [angle?] for [Service?] A [two?] with [wheels?] for [two?], [Twenty?] [Four?] [Pounders?] [one?], for [Eighteen?] [Pounders?], [two?], for [Twelve?] [undecipherable] [also?] and [one?], [Six?] [Pounder?], are [unfit?] for [service?] the [chains?] [belonging?] to the [Limbers?] are [gotten?] also the [Rings?] from the [Wheels?], however they [may?] be [mended?] the [wheels?] and [Limbers?] were kept under [Cover?] Philadelphia the 16^th September 1793 — [undecipherable signature]