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latter valuation, these circumstances I can prove by two cred-
itable Mercht^s a Master Builder & Sailmaker.
I am Gentⁿ y^r obed^{t
Hbl Servt
Hugh Young.}

P. S. I would not willingly pretend to dictate to your
board, but would beg leave to mention it as my opinion that
you would give the owners some orders about her. The two
Brigs I suppose will get down to morrow. I shall be glad to
hear from you on this subject by return of the bearer M^r W.
Tolleys servant, who just now waits for this :

Saturday May 25^th 1776.
Council met. Present as on yesterday.

Ordered that Treasurer of Western Shore pay to Rich^d
Tilghman Earle thirty shillings for Brimstone lodged in Ch^s
Wallaces Store.
Ordered That Treasurer of Eastern Shore pay to John
Gebion three Pounds for the Carriage of Letters, Packetts &c
to Eastern Shore.
Ordered That Treasurer of Eastern Shore pay to the Com-
mittee of Observation for Dorchester County, or their Order
nineteen Pounds & one Penny for sundries by them expended
for public uses as p^r Acc^t filed.
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to Robt. Goldsborough
Esq^r or Order forty five Shillings for so much by him paid an
Express from Cambridge to Commee of Somerset County.
Commissions issued to Walter Tolly ju^r app^d Colonel,
Darby Lux L^t Col^o James Gittings 1 Maj^r Thomas Sellers 2^d
Maj^r & Benjamin Rogers Quarter Master of the Gun Powder
Battalion in Baltimore County.
Also to W^m Buchanan app^d Colonel John Moale L^t Col^o
Benjamin Nicholson 1 Major, Thomas Jones 2^d Major and
James Calhoun Q. M. of Baltimore Town Battalion in Baltimore
County.
Also to Thomas Gist Senior appointed Colonel, Samuel
Owings L^t Col^o John Cradock I Maj^r Isaac Hammond 2^d
Maj^r & Joseph Gist Q. M. of Soldier's Delight Battalion in
Balt^o County.
Copy of Letter N^o 160 was sent to Captain Ridley, Maw-
brey & Sund respectively.
Ordered That Western Shore Treasurer pay to W^m Neile of
Baltimore Town fifteen hundred and forty five Pounds, ten
Shillings and four Pence for the Schooner Nancy and the
Amount of her Cargo, insured by this Province, and captured
at S^t Eustatia.

C. S. J.