Sir Philadelphia 17^th February 1791 I take the opportunity to request you have the oath of the Inspectors of the Clothing for the present year. I am Sir Your most Obed^t Servant Samuel Hodgdon James McHenry Esq^r Philadelphia 7^th [undecipherable] 1791 Sir I have received your note relative to the proposed Steel pattern. At the request of the [undecipherable: proposer] one [then?] two months ago I furnished them with such as I thought fit for the purpose. It seems to me not that they were sent therefore [?] employed some [undecipherable] under his [undecipherable] to make others more suitable. I conclude from having heard nothing on the subject [lately?] that they are in no [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] of the Workmen. It would be for me to inform you again as I have a [undecipherable: better] knowledge of the business now than I possessed when the first were made. The [undecipherable] who is to provide them [undecipherable] in my opinion in common with the other provisions to find Contractors [undecipherable] in the business and hold them accountable to furnish [undecipherable] as the inspectors [undecipherable] be approved. I am Sir Your most [undecipherable] Servant Samuel Hodgdon James McHenry Secretary of War