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whole Company. We are for ourselves, and in behalf of the
rest of the Company, with much respect, Gentlemen.

Your very obed^{t
hble Servts}

Josias Ray William Matthews Thomas Brown
James Ray John Beall Jeremiah Moore
Alexander Crofford Tho^s Beall Ignatius Wilson
Thomas Crofford Henry Scott John Tilley
Basil Crawford George Bence John Wilison
Josiah Gordon James Furguson Jun^r Henry Purdy
Tho^s Tilley Jun^r W^m Brown Jun^r Sam^l Brashears Jun^r

We the subscribers do hereby certifie that we prefer Andrew Beall Junr to any other person as Captain in Place of his Father.

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	Thos Adams Junr	1	James Mockbe	24
	Thomas Beall	2	Clement Wilson	25
	Thomas Tilley Junr	3	Henry Tuell	26
	Nathl Suit	4	John Furguson	27
	William Conn	5	Henry Purdy	28
	Henry Scott	6	Philip Cissil	29
	Thos Brown	7	James Furguson	30
	Wm Brown	8	Wm Mullikin	31
	John Beall	9	Theophilus Hughes	32
	Josias Ray	10	Joseph Cook	33
	Jonathan Manby	11	Thos Bean	34
	Jeremiah Moore	12	Isaiah Hurley	35
	Basil Crawford	13	Wm Marthis	36
	James Ray	14	Philip James	37
	Patrick Law	15	Thos Weight	38
	Thomas Crawford	16	John Bozwell	39
	Alexander Crawford	17	David Wilson	40
	Abegnigo White	18	John Wilson	41
	Josiah Gordon	19	James Wilson	42
	Samuel Brashears Junr	20	John Mayhew Junr	43
	John Tilley	21	George Seb Bence	44
	I do prefer Andrew Junor to any		Josias S. Wilson	45
	other person in our Company for Capt.	22	Ignatius Wilson	46
	Josias Shaw	23

	N. B. If the Council of Safety or Convention should want to be informed with regard to Wm Hammilton who is first Lieut of the Company, Peter Brown a sergeant in Capt Lucas Company can inform. To the Honble the Council of Safety of Maryland :
	[Hamilton's petition.] The Humble petition of William Hammilton sheweth That your petitioner has undoubted reasons to believe that there is Methods carrying on by some to exclude him from the Post as Captain, Where he now is first Lieutenant of the Compy of Militia that Capt Andrew Beall has resigned he in order to get his son Andrew Beall Jr who was 2d Lieut (and his expecta-	Original.