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chased of him by the Council of Safety towards cloathing the
regular Troops of this Province.
Adjourned till 3 O'Clock & met pursuant to Adjournment.
Ordered That the Commissioners of the Loan Office be
requested to furnish the Council of Safety with a List of the
Bonds in that Office, and of the Obligors, the Date, and prin-
cipal Sum of Money in each respectively.
A Letter was received from M^r Sam^l Chase and answered.
Copy of the Letter N^o 11 was sent to Cap^t Nath^l Ramsey.
Adjourned till next Day [10] o'Clock.

C. S. C.

No. n.

[Council to Ramsey.]

To Captain Nathaniel Ramsey.
Sir.
We are advised by a Letter which M^r Chafer favored us
with from Charles Town the 2^nd Ins^t that you can procure
about the Quantity of 140 yds. of Country Cloth at about 8/ per
yard and Linen (Country made) from 2/4 to 2/8 fit and proper
for Hunting Shirts, sufficient for your Company. The Cloth
we request you will immediately purchase for the use of the
Province unless from its Narrowness you should think it dearer
than Broad-Cloth of equal Quality at 15/ cur. p. yard; and if
the Linen should exceed Oznaburgs in Width so as to reduce
the Price nearly to that of 2/ p^r yard, we would have you buy
the Linen also, as we presume it is superior to Oznaburgs, and
as we would give the Preference to what is manufactured
among ourselves when we can do it consistently with the Rela-
tion in which we stand to the Public.
The Money shall be either transmitted you by the first safe
Conveyance you may apprize us of after we are furnished with
the Amount of those Articles, or paid to your Order as shall
be most agreeable to you.
Col^o Smallwood will direct what shall be done with the Cloth
and Linen and we think you had better defer making them up
for your Men until you hear from him.
We have drawn an Order on the Treasurer in favor of M^r
Gassaway for the sum of ^30 curry, as you requested and
are, &c.
Feby. 10, 1776

Original.

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Annapolis Feb^y 9^th 1776
Gentlemen. Enclosed you have a copy of a letter from N.
York to the Congress forwarded to us with a desire that a copy
of it should be immediately transmitted to you.
H.