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left at Magruders for you, we expect M^r Magruder will deliver
you, according to our Letter to him, a Load of barrelled
Fish, which you will take in and proceed with to Charles
Town with all Expedition and deliver to M^r Patrick Hamilton,
taking his Receipt.
William Middleton

[Council to Messrs. Smith.]

In Council Annapolis 18^th May 1778.
Gen^t
We are very desirous of having up our Part of the Linens
imported in the Brigantine Lively, by Captains Walker and
Gordon. We have wrote to M^r Charles Howard of this Place,
who we believe is in your Parts or if not, to Col^o Stewart of
Somerset, to divide the Goods and receive ours from you
agreeable to the Invoice Letter and Order of M^r Morris &
Mess^rs J. M. Nesbitt & Co. which we have sent down. We
understand that the Invoice is of the Goods only which belong
to Mess^rs Nesbitt & Co. and that M^r Morris has about a like
Quantity of the same kind of Goods, and that we are to
have one fourth of the Whole. The Linens of the same
Species differing in many Instances in Price and we suppose
in Quality, we request that great Attention may be had to
distinguish as far as can be in the Invoice of those we receive
which Pieces they are.
We are &^ca
Mess^rs Isaac & Thorowgood Smith
Merch^ts Onancock.

[Council to R. Harrison.]

In Council Annapolis 18^th May 1778.
Sir
This by the Molly Cap^t Deshon. Cap^t Conway's declining to
go again in this Vessel and her Distance from us, put us under
Difficulties and has occasioned great Delay. Vanbibber under-
took to get us a Cap^t; we left it with him, as his Anxiety to get
something into your Hands, we knew, would prompt his Exer-
tions; we inclose you a Copy of his Letter, which shews his good
Opinion of Deshon and the Contract he made with him. The
Gen^l Smallwood, we expect, will sail with Tobacco & Flower
about the same Time as the Molly. The Difficulty and great
Expence of procuring Cargoes at the Inlets makes it desirable
these Vessels should come into the Bay, and we have Expect-
ations if, as probable, there should be a French War the

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