194 Letters to the Governor and Council

April 17

Joseph Cross (of Thomas) highly worthy of the Esteem of every
brave man. Privates: Isaac Duckett, Samuel Wheeler, R^d Burgess
(volunteer), Zachariah Moore, Walter Williams, Thomas Sans-
bury, Henry Hilleary, Richard Hill, Thomas Holly, James Perry
Jun., James Buckham, Benjamin Sansbury, William Shaw, Benja-
min Oden, Henry Onions, Aaron Beall, James Wood, Waring Belt,
William Turner, John Sansbury, James Wilson, John Magill, John
Tyler, James Tate, Robert Lanham, Benjamin Fowler, Thomas
Bennett, Joseph Gordon.

April 17

[Charles Blake, Corsica, to His Excel: Tho^s S. Lee Esquire]
(p^r Captⁿ Holmes)

By the Lottery Captⁿ Holmes I have the Honour to transmitt
y^r Excl. 87 barrels and three Tierces of Salt provisions part beef
part pork some collected for Taxes and the rest purchased the whole
meat contained in the 87 barrels when green amounts to 23709 1/2 lbs
by the same opportunity I also send in pieces of bacon 1422 1/4 lb
procur'd agreable to y^T Excel^cys order of the 7^th of March the rest was
fresh on the hoofe and has been sent to Col^o Hollingsworth when
the Marquis was at Elk, which the Col^o says arrived very seasonably ;
the Col^o has also sent for all the Salt provisions but y^r orders came
too soon for his. Captⁿ Holmes would have had greater dispatch but
the provisions were removed five miles from the water when the
Enimy were up; and his Men are very idle in getting it on board and
I am afraid will injure the barrels much.

April 17

[George Dashiell, Som^t County, to The Honble. Matthew Tilghman,
Esquire, Talbott Co^ty]

Yours of the 13^th Ins^t I rec^d p^r Doct^r Winder and agreeable to
your request shall procure all the lead from individuals that I possi-
bly can, but am apprehensive that it will not be in my power to obtain
but very little if any in the county I have Call'd on the Colo^s for a
return of the lead which they have on hand and find that we have
not in the County more than Twelve Hundred Cartridges and neither
Powder nor lead to make more. As the q^ty of cartridges which I
have is not sufficient for the Militia which I am under an Absolute
necessity of keeping on duty, I should be glad of an order on the
Lieu^t of Worcester for a Supply of Each (if it can be spared from
that County) until I am otherwise furnished he informs me that he
has 10 or 12 barrels of Powder but I dont know what Q^ty of lead he
has by him. As I apprehend he has made you a return of the public
Ammunition in that Co^ty You can best Judge wheather he Can sup-
ply me or not. Inclosed is a list of persons recommended to fill up
the Vacancies in the Salisbury Battalion I request the fav^r of you to
Issue Commissions for them agreeable to the return. Your fav^r of
the 9^th Ins^t I rec^d with Two barrels of Cannon Powder One ream
of Cartridge paper and flints.