of the Council of Safety, 1775-76. 275

Expence of the Carriage of Powder & Arms ordered to be
sent from Philadelphia to Chester Town under the Care of
M^r Houston.
Copy of Letter N^o 77 was sent to the Committee of Obser-
vation for Kent County.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Eastern Shore pay to
Lieut. Moses Chaille three hundred and fifty Pounds Currency
on Account of Capt. Watkins' Company.
Copy of Letter N^o 78 was sent to the Deputies of this Prov-
ince in Congress, and Copy of N^o 79 to the Committee of
Observation for Charles County.
M^r Charles Wallace produced and delivered to the Council
unsigned Bills of Credit to the Amount of £6000 Currency,
which he was ordered to bring from the Treasurer of the
Eastern Shore.
Ordered That the same be delivered to the Treasurer of the
Western Shore.
Copy of Letter N^o 80 was sent to the Chairman of the Com-
mittee of Observation for the Middle District of Frederick
County.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Silas Howell, W^m Sellars and John Wilson (whose Vessel was
taken from them in Chesapeak Bay by the Otter Sloop of War)
thirty Shillings each to defray their Expence to Philadelphia.
Adjourned till next Day 9 O'Clock.

C. S. J.

[Council to Calvert Committee.]

To the Committee of Observation for Calvert County
Gentⁿ
As it was thought by the last Convention that 50 Regular
Troops would be sufficient to watch the Movements of the
Ships of War and their Tenders on your Coast and to repel
any sudden Attack or Invasion which might be attempted by
small Parties, and as we do not conceive your Situation more
dangerous now than it was then, so we cannot think ourselves
at Liberty to station an additional Number of Men in your
County. We wish to prevent the Militia's being harassed, and
apprehend when Capt Beall arrives at his Station, which we
imagine will be by the last of next Week there will not be any
occasion for them to move unless a more formidable Force
should come up the Bay than has yet appeared, which we have
no Reason to expect for some Time; under which Circumstance
the Number you speak of would not avail, and the Militia
would be under a Necessity of taking the Field.
We have renewed our Orders to the Committee of Observa-

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No. 75.