of the Council of Safety, 1777. 107

That the said Treasurer pay to William Niven & Co. fifty
four Pounds eleven Shillings and three Pence.

That the said Treasurer pay to Zephaniah Turner for the
use of the Committee of Observation for Charles County One
hundred and fifty Pounds.
That the said Treasurer pay to Isaac M^cHard three hun-
dred and fifty Pounds.
That the said Treasurer pay to Robert Cummins four hun-
dred Pounds.
That the said Treasurer pay to Mary Beaufort three Pounds
six Shillings.
That the Eastern Shore Treasurer pay to Edward Lloyd
Esquire One thousand Pounds.
Adjourned till next Day 10 O'Clock.

C. S. J.

[Joseph Merriken to Council.]

Worthy Gentlemen. February the I^st 1777.
As a vacancy has happened in the field officers of Severn
Battalion, by a choice of our worthy Col^on'^s Hall and Ham-
mond as Representatives for the House, as our Majors has
risen to the degree of Colonels, I apprehend that a regular
rise for the Inferior officers takes place. If so I think (but am
not convinced) that my enrolment is the second in the Bat-
talion, Capt. Hammond commanded the first, he being pro-
moted gave his first Lieutenant the rise to a Captaincy, myself
commanding the second company, was then the oldest cap-
tain, which with submission I presume entitles me to a Major's
commission. If a recommendation is necessary to promotion,
I flatter myself I can come well recommen'd for my assiduity
and heartiness in the common cause,
from Gentlemen, with all due respect
Your most obed^t and very humb^l Serv^t
The Hon^ble The Council of the Joseph Merriken.
State of Maryland. This

C. S. C.

[Jenifer to Charles Carroll and others.]

Letter from Daniel of S^t Thomas Jenifer Esquire, to C.
Carroll of Carrol^tn Jos: Nicholson J^r Turb^t Wright, Brice T. B.
Worthington and Sam^l Wilson Esquires, February 2^d 1777.

Stepney Feb^y 2^d 1777.
Gentlemen I am exceedingly sorry that you should have
cause to Suspect, that the Constitution formed by the late
convention would be dissolved by the non-attendance of

Lib. MA.
p. 232.