292 Journal and Correspondence

C. S. J.

M^r James Dick twenty Pounds seventeen Shillings and six
Pence for 3 1/2 barrels of Powder purchased of M^r John Buch-
anan.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to M^r Robert Craig
thirty two Shillings and three Pence for repairing a Musquet.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to M^r David Henniss
fifty Shillings for the Carriage of 19 Musquets from Frederick
Town to Annapolis.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to James Thomas (a
person in Distress, occasioned by the Seizure of his Vessel at
Cape Fear in North Carolina) thirty Shillings.
Copy of Letter [N^o 91] was sent to M^r John Youst.
M^r Tilghman transmits to the Council a Resolve of Con-
gress, dated March 14, 1776, relative to the disarming non-
Associates and persons disaffected to the Cause of America.
Thereupon it is Ordered, That Copies thereof be sent to
the several Committees of Observation in each County and
District in this Province respectively.
Resolved That the Rev^d David Love be appointed Chap-
lain to the Battalion of regular Troops raised for the Defence
of this Province and the Liberties thereof.
Ordered That all the small Arms now at Baltimore Town
belonging to the Public and not delivered out to the Troops
stationed there, be immediately sent by water under a Guard
to Chester Town for the use of the independent Companies
on the Eastern Side of the Bay; and that the Musquets
imported in Capt. Tibbit and now at Baltimore Town, or on
the way thither, be included in this Order.
Also Ordered That four hundred and thirty four Cartouch
Boxes, Belts, Bayonet-Belts and Slings, one Ton of Gunpow-
der and four Ton of Lead be sent to Chester Town for the
use of the Militia and independent Companies on the Eastern
Side of the Bay; and that the Powder be taken out of the
Public Stock now at Baltimore Town and the Lead out of the
Quantity imported in Cap^t Tibbit, and now arrived at Balti-
more Town, or on the way thither. That Major Gist be
requested to assist Captain Stone in having the above Order
fully executed, and that Capt. Nicholson's Pilot Boat Tender
convoy the Vessel [transporting] the same to the mouth of
Chester River with Instructions to land the same at Rock
Hall, Worton, or some convenient Place higher up the Bay, in
Case of Danger.
Copy of Letter N^o 92 was sent to the Committee of Obser-
vation for Baltimore County.
Adjourned till next Day 9 O'Clock.