Letters to the Council. 461

shall Continue so to do till further orders from you we have pur-
chased five hundred & fifty four bushels of wheat five hundred & forty
Two bushels of Corn three Hundred & thirty Two bushels of Rie &
thirty seven barrels of Flour which is all we have purchased but if it
was possible to furnish us with money we Could still purchase with
less Trouble for the people are unwilling to take the Certificates &
should we Continue to Purchase you must furnish us with some more
Certificates.

Red Book
No. 23

[Henry Hollingsworth to Council]
[Recommends the appointment of Richard Ellis, " an honest man
and a good mathematian," as surveyor for Cecil County.]

March 31

[Geo. Hamilton, Recruiting for the 5^th Mary'd Reg't, Baltimore
Town to Gov. Lee.]

Sir I wrote to your Excellency sometime ago in order to be in-
formed, what should be done to Cloath the recruits that I have
inlisted to which rec^d no answer I have now come down this far
on that Business & should be glad to hear by the return of Serj^t
Morriss what Course I am to take that the recruits may be forwarded
to Camp with the greatest dispatch; there is a quantity of Cloth in
Town but none ready made up nor is their any orders for its being
done.

April i

[Benja Douglass, Charles County, to Gov Lee]

Sir Inclosed you have an Account of the quantity of Grain taken
by me with the prices given, in the upper part of the County which
is all ready in granerys on Potomack River, and at two landings
Pomonkey and Chickamuxon this is all the grain that I could pro-
cure, as for flour there is none in the County I believe, I can inform
you of no provisions purchased in the County since December last
except about two hundred and fifty Bushells Corn which was pur-
chased by M^r W^m Lyles, in the upper part of this County and is now
in the Granery at Pomonkey I dont know of any provisions that has
been sent of the Army from this county, nor indeed do I know when
there will as it is out of my power or either of the other Commis-
sioners to get a Vessell to send it away.

April I

[Sam'l & Robt Purviance, Baltimore, to His Excellency
Thomas Sim Lee Esqr]

Sir We have agreeable to Order delivered to Cap^t Berry 17 Out-
side Jackets & 6 Linen Coattes, being all the Remains of the Slops
delivered to Captⁿ Nicholson for the use of the Conqueror Galley,
which were delivered to Us by that Gentleman to take care of &
which we shoud have sent down long since had it not escaped Mem-
ory. Inclosed is a Copy of an Acco^t left with us by Captⁿ Nicholson
for such of the Slops as were used by him whilst in the Command

April 4