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winter quarters. We expect to move from this every hour,
I have been exceeding hearty since I came here, the camp
seems to agree very well with me. We have got plenty oi
everything. I shall write you fuller & more particular in a
day or two. I am D^r Sir, in haste Respectfully
Your very Humb^l Serv^t
To James Tilghman Esq. John Pine
Annapolis
M^d

C. S. C.

Tuesday November 26, 1776.

Council met. Present as on yesterday except M^r Jenifer.
Ordered That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Pau'
Miller three Pounds ten Shillings for Freight of public Stores
Adjourned till next Day 10 ^o'Clock.

C. S. J.

[Archer to Council.]

Harford County Nov. 26^th 1776.
Gentⁿ
As I understand some of the Gondolas are nearly ready for
which your Honourable Board has the appointment of officers,
I would therefore beg leave to remind you of two Gentⁿ who
have been recommended to you by sundry persons who are
well acquainted with them. Their names are Capt. Bennett
Mathews and John Stevenson of Harford county. — Capt,
Mathews is well acquainted with the Sea and is a Gentⁿ of
Integrity and attachment to the American cause, he applies
for a Captⁿ'^s commission. John Stevenson is a worthy deserving
young man as well acquainted with Military Discipline as
most young men in our country, he applies for a First
Lieutenancy and should your Honors think proper to appoint
him he would be desirous of serving under Captⁿ Mathews.
They are both natives of this Province.
I am Gentⁿ with great Respect
Your very humb^le Serv^t
John Archer.

C. S. C.

[Chase to Council.]

Philadelphia Nov. 26^th 1776.
Tuesday morning.
Gentlemen.
In my last I expressed some hopes of prevailing on Con-
gress to give our State some satisfaction as to the back lands,
and the mode by which the Proportion of the Expenses of the

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