230 Journal and Correspondence

one Torvof Powder for our Province. We have dispatched
the Powder to Chris Bridge as Waggons are not to be had
here & have wrote different Gent at the Bridge & Head of
Elk to assist in forwarding the Powder to Balt. Town.
We are Gen^t Your very affec' friends & servt^s
Th. Johnson R. Alexander.
To the Honble the Council of Safety of Maryland :

C. S. C.

[Haslett to Council.]

May it please your Honours Gentlemen of the Council you
will see by the inclosed the vacancy that has happened in my
company and for what reason I would beg leave to request
the favour of you to remove M^r Christopher Driver from being
ensign to be first Lieut & M^r Robert Postelwait to be ensign
for said Company all which I hope will turn out for good to
the Common case. I am Gentlemen
Your very humble Serv^t W^m Haslett
Caroline County Choptank Bridge March 9^th 1776.

[Birkhead to Chew.]

Dear Sir. As we are informed by a man from M^r Steward
this morning that the man of war is gone to Baltimore your
friends here desires that you will return as soon as possible
if can get of and we never have stood in so much danger as
at this time for we expect by the man of War and tenders that
is below to be on us every minute and nobody to stand by us
M^r Steward has got all his company along the swamp so we
see no reason why we should not have ours so and we pray
and beg that you will return with all speed by the request of
all your neighbours. From your ready friend,
March 9^th 1776. Samuel Birkhead

P. S. All the families on the bay is moving away we expect
to be cut of every hour.
To Cap^t Richard Chew :

[Barrister Carroll to Jenifer.]

My dear Major. I write to the Council yesterday morning
w^h I hope they have received since that yours of yesterday
evening came to hand at three oClock this morning I imme-
diately dispatched it to the Committee of Balt Town and M^r
Purviance tells me he wrote you an answer. We got the Ship