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to Hand, and Col^o Ch^s Greenb^y Griffith with the remainder of
the Frederick Battalion will follow him in a few days. Col^o
Griffith appears to us active and spirited, and we beg leave to
recommend him to your notice — some little countenance from
you might be of service to him: Captⁿ Mantz's company were
ordered to S^t Mary's, but we have this day given an order for
their moving to the northward. Captⁿ Thomas is on the way
to Phil^p
Col^o Ewing's Battalion is also under marching orders, two
or three companies of this Battalion are near ready, and we
are doing all we can to forward the others; they want but
every thing — we have arms for one half the Battalion we
keep, besides 270 lately imported, not yet come to hand —
these with what we expect from the manufacturers will enable
us to compleat

Colo Carvell Hall's Battalion, which we propose
to keep. Col^o Kent has resigned, & so we hear has Col^o
Earle, both endeavouring to obtain a seat in Convention —
two or three Eastern shore companies will be ready to march
next week, two other companies have borrowed arms, and are
to supply the place of Captain Veazey and Captⁿ Hindman —
the rest will be very slow, we fear, in getting arms. — Brig^r
Dent hath also resigned and is elected for Charles County. —
under all these difficulties arising from want of arms and
necessaries, and also from resignations, we are exerting our-
selves to the utmost, money has flowed out of the Treasury
very freely upon this important occasion; we hope for the
approbation of the Hon^ble Congress and Convention.
We shall say nothing particular about the elections more
than what relates to yourselves, S. Chase is in for Ann^l, W. P.
& Carrollton Carroll for Annapolis. T. J. & T. Stone are left
out, and there is a very great change in the members in all
Counties, according to the intelligence we have. M^r Stone
will have a list sent him of all the Counties that we know or
have heard any thing about, to which we refer you — there
will be disputed elections we expect, particularly Q. A., P. G.
& Ann^lJuly 9^th 1776.

C. S. C.

[Pownall to Council.]

To the Honourable the Council of Safety of Maryland 9^th
August 1776.
Hon Sirs: On the appointment of Edward Tillard to a
Captincy in the Flying Camp, from a Captincy of a com-
pany of militia in the 31^st Battalion of this Province, the militia
company on Edward Tillard's completing his inlisting war-
rant for the flying Camp, wish'd to have a captain, accordingly
a majority of the company met, and M^r Benjamin Gallaway

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