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[Council to Worcester Committee.]
To the Committee of Observation of Worcester County.
Gentlemen. We are informed that are a number of pieces
of Cannon in your County that have lain there some years,
ever since the Spanish Wreck on the Seabord side of your
County. We request you would immediately cause those
Cannon to be examined, and let us hear from you by Express
what state and Condition they are in, and how many there
are, and what weight of Metal they would carry, as also who
claims any property in them; and if any Body claims, under
what contract or agreement they were purchased and of whom.
We expect your answer as soon as you conveniently can.
26 July 1776
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No. 77
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[Council to Maryland Deputies.]
To the Deputies for Maryland in Congress.
Gentlemen,
The Letters from Colonel Barnes and Jordan were not
inclosed in our last from inattention, we now send them with
Copies of some other Letters from below, from whence you
will see how affairs are going on there.
Dunmore's Fleet have seperated; the Fowey and the Otter
with a number of Vessells haveing the Tory Families on board
remain in the mouth of Saint Mary's River; the Roebuck and
Six or Seven other Vessells have moved up the River Potow-
mack, as high as Quantico in Virginia, where they stopt to
take in water. There are some flying reports of their
having landed at Mr. William Brent's and burnt his Houses,
which are confirmed this day by Charles Landsdale. He says
'tis feared they are landing on Colonel Smallwood's Estate —
the last he heard of them was yesterday and the report was
they were landing on the Maryland side near Colonel
Smallwood's.
We observe what you say about the Flying Camp, and
shall do the best we can. We shall give the necessary orders
for finding the Troops Rations, in expectation that the Sub-
sistence money will be reimbursed. As soon as the Regulars
are replaced, that have and are about to march to the North-
ward; we shall use our endeavours to compleat the remaining
Battalions with all diligence and send them forward either in
Battalions or Companies as they get ready, most of those
we have seen of the new enlisted men appear to be quite raw,
and in great want of necessarys, some pay must be advanced
to put them in tolerable condition to appear in. On Tuesday
last we gave orders to Captain Thomas to march with his
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