98 Journal and Correspondence

Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay
to M^r Patrick Ewing One hundred and twenty pounds for
subsist and Advance money for Capt. Nathaniel Ramsey's
Recruits.
Ordered, That the Treasurer of the Western Shore pay
to M^r Thomas Harwood and M^r Thomas Goldsmith thirty
pounds each for subsist and Advance money for Capt. John
Day Scott's Recruits.
Instructions and sailing Orders were given to Capt. Robert
Forsythe, of the Brig Sam, and to Capt. Thomas Kell, of the
Schooner Dolphin.
Council adjourns till Tomorrow morning half after 9 o'Clock.

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[Instructions to Capt. Forsythe.]

Cap^t Robert Forsythe Sir.
You are to proceed from hence to the Island of Martinico
and there deliver the inclosed letter and your cargo to M^r
Richard Harrison, if M^r Harrison should not be at the Island
of Martinico, addressed to M^r M^cCreary and if he should not
be there, You are in that case to open the letter addressed to
M^r Harrison sell your Cargo at the very highest prices you can
get, the money arising from the sales you must lay out in gun-
powder if you can get it, if not, in muskets fitted with good
bayonets & if they are not to be had, saltpetre and Sulphur &
if you cannot get those articles, then lay out the whole in strong
coarse linens & russia duck. And take care you are not
imposed on in your purchases. As soon as you have done
your business make the best of your way home, and avoid
speaking with vessels on the Coast, when you come into the
latitude of our capes if you have a strong fair wind in, push
up the Bay as far as possible, and if you find it failing, run into
some small Harbour & there wait till you have a favourable
opportunity to get into Patomac, Patuxent or Annapolis. If
you find a better chance of getting into any of the inlets
between cape charles and cape Henlopen than into our Bay,
you may push into one of them, and send an express to the
Council of Safety, letting them know where you are and what
you have got but take care and land your goods under the
care of a Committee as soon as you can for fear of being fol-
lowed by the Tenders. In going out you had better take a
brisk gale of wind, or get out of nights as Tenders commonly
keep a strict watch at the capes in the day time, but hope you
will behave with care and industry on this Voyage. If you

are chased and find you must be taken throw all your papers
overboard, with weights to sink them.