of the Council of Maryland. 347

[Council to James Calhoun Esqr.]

Sir Since writing you on the 30^th Ult^o we have concluded to
send you an additional Quantity of 200 Hogsheads of Tobacco,
which we request you to sell for the highest Price you can obtain
in Continental Money, Before the Tobacco is delivered the Money
must be paid, which you will immediately transmit to us, as it is
to answer some urgent and indispensable Demands, as soon as you
receive 20,000 £ or more, please to forward it to us. Mess^rs Langton
& Hammond have applied to us to purchase Tobacco, you will there-
fore make them an Offer before you sell.

[Council to the Purchasers of Waggons & Teams & Horses]

Sir As we are informed that it is unnecessary to forward to the
Army any more Waggons or Horses, we request you will decline
purchasing and close your Accounts.

Liber C C

No. 22

p. 203

Thursday 2^d November 1780
Present as on yesterday.
Ordered That the western shore Treasurer pay to William Ma-
gruder Contractor for Horses in Frederick County six hundred
and Twenty five Pounds of the new Emission on Acc^t
That the said Treasurer pay to Lieut Edward Edgerly of the 2^d
Regim^t seven Pounds, nineteen shillings & eleven pence of the new
Emission in lieu of Three hundred & nineteen Pounds, seventeen
shillings and six Pence due him p Account passed by the Dep^y Aud.
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt. Benjamin Price of 2^d Reg^l
one Pound four shillings & four Pence half Penny of the new
Emission in lieu of Forty eight Pounds fifteen shillings due him p
Acc^t pass^d by the D. Aud.
That the said Treasurer pay to William Bowles Twenty Dollars
of the new Emission to be delivered over to Joseph Ford on Account.
That the said Treasurer pay to Daniel Jenifer Esq^r Commissary
of Purchases for Charles County one thousand Pounds of the new
Emission on Account
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Capt. Alexander True-
man of the 6^th Regiment Cloth and Trimmings for a Suit of Cloaths
and Linen for 2 Shirts on Acc^t Lieut. Edward Edgerly of the 2^d
Regim^t Linen for 2 Shirts deficiency of Cloathing for the year 1780
and also to Nicholas Macnemara a Disabled Soldier of the 1^st Reg^t
i Blanket & I Coat
That the Collector of the Tax for Washington County pay
to Joshua Dorsey Contractor for Horses in Ann Arundel County one
thousand four hundred and thirty Pounds ten shillings to be by him
Accounted for.

November 2
Liber C B
No. 23

p. 222