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C. S. C.

by Companies and parts of Comp^ys & this will make my Party
very weak as I shall be obliged to send off Gunby's & Long's
Companies, the latter of which I have ordered here, but have
not yet arrived, to relieve the Baltimore Independ^ts who are
very anxious to get Home being Chiefly men of Business the
State as well as themselves must suffer However I shall
endeavour to discharge them in a short Time as I don't
imagine there will be any opposition, & if there should I think
I shall be enabled to call in Militia to answer every Purpose ;
but we are at present barely able to make out two Guards
which will scarcely afford the necessary Reliefs.

C. S. J.

Tuesday March 4^th 1777.
Council met. Present as on yesterday.

Ordered That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Captain
Jos^h Burgess One Thousand Dollars for the Recruiting Service
Copy of Letter N^o 177 was sent to Vernon Hebb and
Timothy Bowes William Worth master of the Ship Custis
about 200 Tons from Massachusets Bay delivers to the Coun-
cil his Clearance and other papers, whereby it appears that his
Entry is Regular.
Ordered That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Matthew
Tilghman Esquire five hundred and Eighty Pounds, Six Shil-
lings and five pence three farthings Currency, by order and for
the use of Jenifer and Hooe.
Adjourned till next day 10 ^oClock.

C. S. C.

No. 177.

[Council to Hebb and Bowes.]
Gentlemen. March 4^th
As there any many persons bringing accounts here about
the Articles which you had the management & sale of, which
accounts we conceive you to be better acquainted with than
we possibly can be, we therefore desire that you will examine
adjust & pay all those Accounts out ol the money in your
hands & if that should not prove sufficient you are to draw
upon us. We are &^c
Messrs Vernon Hebb & Timothy Bowes

[Jesse Hollingsworth to Council.]

Baltimore March 4^th 1777.
Sirs. The Brig will sail I suppose this day with a full lode
of tobacco bread and flour most of the flour superfine the
accounts of cargo will be on board her as to tobacco I cannot
say much about it the price is 30 shillings at this time flour is