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of executing the business. I beg some immediate order may
be taken in this matter & am for the committee
Sir, Your mo. ob. Serv^t Gust^v Scott.
To Dan^l S^t Tho^s Jenifer Esq^r

C. S. C.

Friday 16 Feb. 1776.
Council met. Present as yesterday. Mr. Hall attended.

Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
M^r W^m Brown eight Pounds one Shilling and two Pence being
the Expence of guarding the Records at his House.
Instructions and sailing Orders were given to Cap^t Francis
Speake of the Ship John.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Mess^rs Jenifer & Hooe One hundred and nine Pounds twelve
shillings & three pence being the Ballance of their Account
with the Province as p^r Account filed.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Mess^rs John Archer & James Harris or their Order three hun-

dred Pounds to enable them to carry on their Linnen Manu-
factory in Harford County.
Ordered that the said Treasurer pay to Robert Reynolds
two Pounds fifteen Shillings and six Pence for three cord of
Wood for the use of the Council.
Adjourned till 3 O'Clock & met according to Adjournment.
Commission issued to Thomas Woolford appointed Captain
of the sixth independent Company of regular Forces in the
Room of Lemuel Barrett who resigned, and to John Eccleston
1 L^t and Hooper Hudson 2^d Lieut, of said Company.
Ordered that the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
M^r Patrick Ewing Eighty Pounds on Account of Capt. Nath^l
Ramsey's Company.
The Council this Day agreed with M^r Robert Cummins as
Contractor for the Rations to be supplied the Battalion and
Matross and independent Companies raised by this Province
at and for the Sum of eight Pence three Farthings common
Currency in Bills of Credit issued by the Convention of this
Province, each Ration. And further that in Case of the
Removal of any Magazine of Provisions from any particular
place where the said Troops or any part of them may happen
to be stationed, the Council of Safety agree to have the same
removed at the Risque and Expence of the public, as well as
all Carriage by Land from the Shore. And also agree to
advance the Sum of four thousand pounds within a Month
from the Date hereof and one thousand five hundred pounds
within two weeks from the Expiration of the said Month, to

C. S. J.