328 Journal and Correspondence

C. S. J.

Friday 12^th April 1776.
Council met. Present as yesterday.

Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
M^r Christopher Richmond five Pounds eleven Shillings and
six Pence, the Amount of his Account for Subsistence till 14^th
March.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to Cap^t Patrick Sim
One hundred and forty one Pounds eighteen Shillings and
three Pence being the Ballance of his general Account till the
3^d Inst.
Ordered That the said Treasurer pay to M^r Gilbert Mid-
dleton seven Pounds thirteen Shillings and six Pence for Boat
Hire.
Ordered that the said Treasurer pay to M^r Athanasius
Ford One hundred and eighty three Pounds one Shilling and
five Pence for providing Subsistence for Cap^t John Allen
Thomas's independent Company.
Ordered That the Commissary of Stores send in a Boat to
be procured, forty one Blankets to Captain Nathaniel Ramsey
for the use of his Company.
Ordered That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay to
Capt. Thomas Watkins thirty two Pounds fourteen Shillings
and ten Pence to discharge the Pay and Subsistence of his
Company when on Duty the 8^th of March last.
Adjourned till next Day 10 O'Clock.

Original.

[Maryland Deputies to Council.]

Gentlemen. Yours of the 9^th Ins^t was delivered to us this
day at twelve o'Clock, and we immediately handed the Packet
inclosed to the President, It contained the Act of Parliament
for restraining the Trade of the Colonies passed in December
last, and which was received here in the Beginning of Febru-
ary; Our friends in South Carolina supposed we might not
have received the Act and therefore sent the first copy they
received. There having been an Arrival of Powder lately on
account of the Congress we just before the Rec^t of your Letter
borrowed a Ton and shall send it to Chester Town to wait
your Order, in the Distribution thereof: Every other colony
has been supplied from the continental magazine & this was
spared to us without Hesitation.
We are Gen^l Y^r most humb. Servt^s
Phil^a April 12^th 1776. T. Johnson Jun^r T. Stone
9 oClock night.