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C. B.

That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Captain George
Cooke one hundred pounds, on Acc^t
That the said Treasurer pay to Thomas Brooke Hodgskin
forty four pounds for Am^t of Acc^t
Commission of Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to
Benjamin Chew Captain, of the Ship Chase, mounting six
Carriage Guns, and navigated by twenty men.
Ordered That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to James
Taylor eight pounds and nine pence, for Am^t of Acc^t
That the said Treasurer pay to Major Daniel Jenifer Adams
for the use of the Seventh Regi^t three thousand Dollars, being
Part of the sum required by Colonel Gunby.

C. C.

42

[Council to Norton and Beall.]

In Council Annapolis 30^th Ap^l 1777.
Gen^l
There is a pretty large Quantity of Medicines belonging to
this State lying at Petersburgh, the Packages are marked
MC. N^o 1. a large Cask, and from N^o 2 to 11, inclusive, Bar-
rels. We shall be much obliged to you, as we understand
there is a frequent Intercourse between Petersburgh and your
Store at Williamsburgh, if you will be kind enough to order
them down and have them taken Care of 'til we send for
them, which shall be soon. We are &^ca
Mess^rs Norton and Beall.

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[Gov. Johnson to Col. Price.]

In Council Annapolis 30^th Ap^l 1777.
Sir.
Major Adams tells the Council and myself that several Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania Officers are recruiting with you, and
that they even go so far as to inlist People's Servants. This
unfair Practice we are determined to prevent and I have
resolved, with their Advice, to publish a Proclamation against
it. We may strip our Country of every Man in it able to bear
Arms, and not furnish our Quota still. If nothing less will do
to prevent this ungenerous Proceeding it is the Desire of the
Council and myself, that you give Orders to the Maryland
Officers to take away every Man inlisted in this State by the
Virginia and Pennsylvania Officers, and keep them in our
Battalions, whether Freemen or Servants. If any of the
Officers of the sixteen Battalions are recruiting, we do not
intend to obstruct their inlisting Freemen, but they have no
Right, nor are to be permitted, to inlist Servants or Appren-