156 Journal and Correspondence

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[Hanson to Council.]

Frederick Town Feb^y 12^th 1776
Sir. By direction of the Committee I transmitted to the
last convention, an account of the expenses of conveying and
guarding the powder &c sent by order of the Council of
Safety to Baltimore which I am told the Convention allowed
The persons employed by the Committee look to them for
their money. I am therefore desired to request you will be
pleased to send it up by the Bearer W. Elia. Williams. The
amount you have belowe exclusive of the wages to the officer
of the Guard, whose allowance was left to the Convention
which I presume they settled.
T am gentlemen your most H^be Serv^t John Hanson J^r

3 Waggons hired at 4£ each. 12...00
6 men as a guard @ 32/6 9..15

£21..15..0

Officer of the Guard

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[Neill to Carroll of Carrollton.]

Baltimore 12^th Feb^y 1776.
Sir. Before this no doubt you have heard of ill fate of the
schooner Nancy at S^t Eustatia, I have as yet no letters from
my Cap^t or supercargo I daily expect to hear from them, as
soon as I do shall advise you. as to the vessels being taken
that account is confirmed different ways which I am sorry for.
I have provided a Cargo of flour some time ago expecting the
Schooner in and had no doubt of her bringing ammunition
which would have got me a permission to have loaded her out
on my own acco^t I have a good deal of money due me from
S^t Croix a Dennish Island near to S^t Statia, if your honourable
Council would give me liberty to send a Schooner I now have
here, to that place where I have a number of Correspondence
which I know to be true friends to our cause and will go any
tenths to sarve us with such things as we may want I would
load her with 3 or 4m Red Oakstaves some flour and Indian
meal and corn and send her immediately to S^t Croix, where
my Cap^t with the assistance of my friends there, would get all
the powder that could be got in that Island and could go over
to Statia leave my vessel at S^t Croix, purchase such goods as
I wanted order powder &c if to be got and take it to S^t Croix
in a small craft where it might with great safety be put on
board my vessel, the money that is due me there and the
Cargo I would send out would I think buy near 2000£ value