6 Journal and Correspondence

Liber C B
No. 23

It is ordered that a Copy of said Petition and the List therein re-
ferred to & Lodged therewith and of this order be served on John
Needles in the said Petition mentioned on or before Tuesday the
2^d Day of November next and that Saturday the 13^th Day of Novem-
ber next be appointed for a hearing on the said Petition and that
such Summons's as shall be applied for by either Party issue for
Witnesses —

Liber C C

No. 22
p. 36

[Council to Conrad Theodore Wederstrandt Esqr]

Sir. We enclose you the Licences desired — The Accounts we have
of the Purchase from every Part agree pretty much with the State
of it in yours. As you have wrote to Col. Blaine on the Subject of
Col. Hemsley's Flour, we hope he'll give you precise Orders with
Respect to it; for our Parts we cannot bring ourselves to advise Con-
tracts for Prices to depend on Contingencies; the Power of the
Assembly only is adequate to the Occasion, and much depends on
their exerting it —

Liber C B
No. 23
p. 71
October 30

Saturday 30^th October 1779

Present as on Yesterday —
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Robert Reith
Thirty six Pounds, nine shillings and two pence for 2 1/2 Months
Salary as Messenger to the Governor & Council to the 7^th Novem^r
next being the end of his year and also the further Sum of Fifteen
Pounds in Advance according to a Resolution of the General
Assembly —

p. 72

That the said Treasurer pay to Alexander Contee Hanson Esq^r
one hundred and fifty six Pounds five shillings for 2 M^o Salary as
Judge of the General Court to the 23^d Oct^r and also the further Sum
of nine hundred and six Pounds, five shillings in advance agreeable
to a Resol^e of the last General Assembly —
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Nicholas Thomas
Esquire one thousand six hundred and Eighty Pounds p Advance
agreeable to a Reso, of the last Gen^l Ass^y
That the said Treasurer pay to James Brice Esquire fifty four
Pounds due him for his Attendance in Council to this Day —
Commission of Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to John
Nichols Comm^r of the Schooner Betsey 90 Tons burthen, navigated
with 11 Men, mounting 6 Carriage and 6 Swivel Guns, belonging
to Henry Nichols, Charles Cruckshanks Christ^o and Robert John-
ston of the State of Maryland — dated 25 Sep^r last —