of the Council of Safety, 1776. 305

the freight be therein specified, no more ought in our opinion
to be demanded. We have a duplicate of the Bill of Lading
which ascertains the freight at forty six Pounds five shillings
in Dollars at 7/6 — inclosed you have an order of the late ses-
sion of Convention, which T. Smyth was to have forwarded,
but we are uncertain whether he transmitted it or not.

C S.C.

[Council to Willing, Morris & Co.]

Mess^rs Willing & Morris & Comp^y
Gentⁿ
Eight Battalions are to be raised in Maryland by order of
Congress, small arms will be much wanted — permit us there-
fore to remind you of y^r engagement with our State for the
supplying of arms and Gunpowder. We hope that it is or
soon will be in y^r Power to complete your contract.
25^th Sept. 1776

No. 192.

[Council to Secret Committee of Congress.]

To the Honble. Secret Comm" of Congress
Gentⁿ
Your favor of the 13^th we only rec^d the 2 3^d ins' the delay
was occasioned by y^r letters being delivered to a member of
our Board who resides on the Eastern Shore which through
hurry of business for some time escaped his memory.
We have ordered our Commisary of Stores at Baltimore
Town to deliver one Ton of Powder to Mess^rs Lux, Purviance
and Stewart, for proving the Cannon intended for the Frigate,
& the further quantity that you desire for the use of her shall
be supplied when she is ready — should it not in the mean
Time be convenient for you to send it from Philadelphia. It
is true, that we have a considerable quantity of Powder at
Baltimore Town; but we have and are equipping 16 armed
Vessels of one sort or other, we in all probability shall have
use for all the Powder we have by us, and indeed more.
Upon all occasions we have furnished the Hon^ble Congress,
& our neighbours with whatever has been requested of us, and
we wish the same measure had been dealt out to us; if it had,
we should not have been denied 14 p^s of Canvass which we
were in the greatest want of to compleat the Sails for some
armed vessels that we were fitting out, and for want of it we
have been obliged to substitute ozens. Had we christened
our own Child first, we could not have let the Congress &
our Friends of Virg^a have had 240 p^s Sail Duck, nor yet the
Canon, Musq^ts &^c that we supply'd for the Hornet and Wasp.
You will be pleased to excuase our reminding your Board of
these things for we are exceedingly hurt by its refusing us so

No. 193.