of the Council of Safety, 1775-76. 289

[Council to J. Beall.]

To Col^o Joshua Beall
Sir.
We Send you inclosed Commissions to fill up Captain
Waring's Company and shall do the same by Cap^t Richard-
son's, when you transmit us the Name of a proper Person for
Ensign. We send you also an Order on the Treasury for
£50-0-0 for which you will hereafter render us Acc^ts It will
serve to pay for Wood, Candles, Expresses, Guards &c.
We apprehend you have not much more than one Ton of
Powder remaining at Bladensburgh, Part of which will be
ordered soon to Piscataway, some Part left where it is, and
the Remainder will be ordered up to our Magazine in the
Neighbourhood of Annapolis now getting ready. In the
mean Time we desire you would keep a Guard of six Men, to
relieve each other, two only we think sufficient to be on Duty
— their Pay and Rations the same as when in actual Service ;
upon which Plan you are to make out the Acc^ts for the Attend-
ance of the Guard heretofore.
26^th March 1776

C. S. C.

No. 88.

[Council to Burgess.]
To Captain Burgess.

Sir. The Council of Safety have appointed you to prove
the Cannon to be supplied this Province by Mess^rs Dan^l &
Sam^l Hughs and request you will immediately repair for that
Purpose to their Works at Antietam. We enclose you an
Order on the Committee of Observation for the Middle Dis-
trict of Frederick County for what Powder will be wanting and
will defray any Expence you may necessarily incur in that
Service as well as satisfy you for your Trouble.
26^th March 1776

No. 89.

[Council to Magruder.]

To Col^o Zadock Magruder.
Sir.
The Privates of the company of Militia lately commanded
by Cap^t Richard Brooke have petitioned our Board to com-
mission Nathaniel Pigman as their Captain, Benjamin Gaither
first Lieutenant and Samuel Riggs second Lieutenant, — but
as we have invariably promoted those who were first elected
by the People in the Order they stood under that Choice, we
cannot prefer either M^r Benjamin Gaither or M^r Riggs to W^m

No. 90.