of the Council of Safety, 1776. 287

Friday, September 20^th 1776.

Council met. Present as on yesterday, except M^r Thomas.
Ordered That Western shore Treasurer pay to Captⁿ Uriah
Forrest one hundred & sixty one pounds one shilling & ten
Pence for Acc^t of his Comp^y
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to John Gibson two
Pounds, twelve shillings & six Pence for Am^t of Acc^t
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to Col^o Rich^d Barnes
sixteen pounds, one shilling and six Pence for Am^t of Acc^t
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to Col^o Rich^d Barnes four
pounds, eight shillings & four pence for sundries furnished
Captⁿ Forrest's Company.
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to John Lucas fourteen
shillings & six Pence, for cash paid R^d Pottinger for medicine
for Lucas.
Ordered That Western shore Treasurer pay to Captain
Mich^l Lowe twelve pounds, seven shillings & ten pence, for
the service of his Comp^y
Commissions issued to Tho^s Wilcoxon, app^d 1 Lieut.
W^m King 2 L^t
John Evans Ensign
of Captⁿ Mich^l Lowe's Company of Militia in Prince Georges
County.
Warrant granted to M^r Nicholas Norwood to raise a
Company of men, agreeable to the resolves of the late
Convention.
Ordered That W. Shore Treasurer pay to the said Norwood
two hundred and thirty four pounds for Bounty money.
Ordered That Captain Vernon Hebb and M^r Timothy
Bowes, or either of them dispose of, for the use of this state
such Part of the Captures lately made out of Dunmore's
Fleet, that may be deemed perishable or wasting.
Adjourned 'till next day 10 ^oClock.

C.S. J.

[Th. Wright to Council.]

Gent. Queen Ann's Co^ty 20 Sept. 1776.
In obedience to a request from the President of the Con-
vention signified to me by his letter of the 8^th Inst. I immedi-
ately wrote to the several Captains and commanding officers
where there are no Captains, requesting them to call their
companys together, those on Kent Island to meet on Monday,
and those on the main to meet on Tuesday now last past. A
few days after I had wrote to the officers on the main, the
principal persons in five of the companies (some of the
officers in them excepted) had a meeting and determined to

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