of the Council of Safety, 1775-76. 421

opinion is best to be done with those Vessels & Cargoes,
whether I am to finish loading the latter, leaving her as she is,
or discharging both of them. I am waiting your orders.
Gen^t your most
Obed^t Hble Serv^t Hugh Young.

Monday 13^th May 1776.
Council met. Present as on Saturday.

Ordered That said Treasurer pay to D^r Weisenthal forty
two Pounds, nineteen shillings Curry for Medicine provided by
him for the Troops.
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to D^r Weisenthal forty
five Pounds, for 3 month's Pay as Surgeon of the 1^st Maryland
Battalion. Ordered That said Treasurer pay to D^r W^m Dashiell
twenty two Pounds, ten shillings for 3 months pay as Surgeon's
Mate.
Copy of Letter N^o 149 was sent to Col^o W^m Smallwood.
Ordered, That Treasurer afs^d pay to Captⁿ Edward Veazey
seven hundred Pounds on Acc^t of his Company.
Ordered That Treasurer afs^d pay to Rich^d Thompson for
Use of John Yost one hundred and fifty Pounds to enable him
to carry on his Gun Manufactory.
Ordered, That Treasurer of Eastern Shore pay to James
Mills four Pounds, twelve shillings & one Penny Currency for
the Carriage of Powder from Chester Town to the Lower
Counties on Eastern Shore.
Adj^d till next Day 10 ^o'Clock.

C. S. J.

[Council to Smallwood.]

To Col^o W^m Smallwood
Sir.
Twenty six Prisoners are expected from North Carolina to
pass through this Province to Pennsylvania, they are to be
guarded through Prince Georges County to Queen Anne by
the Militia of that County, and are expected to arrive there
some lime to Morrow or on Wednesday. We request you
would send a Detachment of Thirty of the Regular Troops
commanded by a proper Officer to receive said Prisoners at
Queene Anne and convey them to Baltimore Town, where you
will please order them to be relieved by a like Number of Reg-
ular Troops who will convey them by Water, if the Passage be
safe, otherwise by Land to the Head of Elk, and so to the
Verge of the Province, and deliver them to an Officer of the

C. S. C.

No. 149.