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sell some with your licence. I have some more 20 penny
naills for you from Your humble Servant,
Jesse Hollingsworth.

[S. Boone to Council.]

Gentilmen by orders of they supervisers of they Gun lock
facktorey in Fridrich Town I have sent you seventy nine
locks and have a quontity more all readey to put together, if
you must have all they locks sent to you that is made in they
facktorey pleas to let me know by the barer George Bear.
I am Gentilmen Your Hble Serv^t
October 8^th 1776 Sam^l Boone

Original.

Wednesday Oct^r 9^th 1776

Council met. Present as on yesterday.
Ordered That Western shore Treasurer pay to D^r W^m Smyth
four pounds, sixteen shillings, for Attendance on Captⁿ Dean's
Company.
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to George Hanson fifteen
shillings for cleaning Guns.
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to Thomas Richardson, by
order and for the use of Abraham Vanbebber six hundred and
thirty Dollars.
Ordered That said Treasurer pay Stephen Steuard for
use of Jesse Hollingsworth eight hundred Pounds, to be
accounted for.
The Committee of Observation for Queen Ann's County
return a List of the number of Inhabitants in Town-hundred.
Ordered That Commissary of Stores deliver to Thomas
Todd fifteen Camp Kettles.
Copy of Letter N^o 203 was sent to Jesse Hollingsworth.
Ordered That Western Shore Treasurer pay to Mark
Benton seventeen pounds, ten shillings for Am,' Ace^t
Ordered That said Treasurer pay to Captⁿ James Tootle
forty seven Pounds, five shillings and five Pence for Acc^t about
Magazine.
Adjourned till next Day 10 o'clock.

C. S. J.

[Council to J. Hollingsworth.]

Mr. Jesse Hollingsworth
Sir.
We have sent to you by M^r Steward eight hundred Pounds
to be laid out in the purchase of Superfine Flour. You may
dispose of one half of our Bread on the best terms you can.
Oct. 9^th 1776

C.S.J.

No. 203.