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been appointed in the sixteen Battalions have made flattering
Offers to the Subalterns who had successfully recruited for
the Proportion of this State, to carry the Men they had
inlisted into other Regiments. Cap^t Trueman thinks he is
entitled to the Men recruited by M^r Parker and requests us to
have them given up to him; we think his Pretensions are well
founded but know of no Method of effecting it, but by an
Application to you, and therefore give you this Trouble, which
we wish we could have avoided. We are &^ca
Gen^l Washington

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[Council to Col. Hooe.]

In Council Annapolis 30^th May 1777.
Sir.
M^r Calhoun some Time ago wrote us that Cap^t Boucher
informed him that one Cap^t Laurence Sanford of Alexandria
a Man of Reputation who was taken by the Roebuck, on
board of which he saw the two Goodrich's, who escaped from
Baltimore Jail, told him that they effected their Escape by
bribing the Jailor and that it cost them 600£. We shall be
obliged to you to have Captⁿ Sandford's Deposition taken
and all Circumstances that his Memory retains inserted to lay
a proper Foundation for putting the Jailor in the Goodrich's
Place; we need not remark that the more Privacy this is done
with, the better We are &^oa
To Col^o Hooe.

C. B,

Saturday May 31^st 1777.
Present as on yesterday except Edw^d Lloyd Esq^r

John Iiams third Lieutenant of an Artillery Company in the
Service of this State resigned his Commission, which was
accepted of by the Council.
William Campbell appointed Captain of a Company of
Matresses in the Service of this State, upon the Promotion of
Major Fulford.
Commission of letter of Marque issued to Edward Booker
Captain of the Brigantine Buckskin Hero mounting sixteen
Carriage Guns, and navigated by one hundred men, belong-
ing to John Crockett and others of Baltimore.
Ordered, That the Western Shore Treasurer pay to Captⁿ
William Browne one hundred pounds, on Acc^t
It appearing from the Report of M^r Allen Quynn, a Justice
of the peace, that the several following Persons, who had been
impressed on board the Virginia Frigate and whilst they were
detained have signed the Articles, have declared their unwill-