326 Journal and Correspondence

C. B.

Commission of Lre of Marque issued to James Campbell
Cap^t: of the Privateer called the Sturdy Beggar mounting
fourteen Carriage Guns & fourteen Swivels, navigated by
eighty Men belonging to Samuel & Robert Purviance, Lux &
Bowley & others of Baltimore County.
That the western shore Treasurer pay to Thomas Johnson
Clifts of Calvert County, two hundred & fifty Pounds, Curr^y
for erecting Salt Works, he having given Bond with Francis
Lauder Security
Ordered That the western shore Treasurer Pay to Cap^t.
John David four hundred & forty pounds, fourteen Shillings
& Nine Pence Bal of his Acco^t passed.
That the said Treasurer Pay Levin Frazer fifteen pounds
and three Pence for Am^t of his Acc^t passed
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Lieut Col^o Ford
Cloathing for thirty three men & twenty five Blankets on Acc^t
6^th Regiment.

Wednesday 6^th August 1777.
Present as on yesterday.

Ordered, That the western shore Treasurer Pay to Mary
Prisely Eighteen Pounds Nineteen shillings & six pence Am^t
of Acc^t pass'd
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Col^o Ford three
pieces Britanies on Acco^t of the 6^th Regiment
That the western shore Treasurer Pay to Alexander Law-
son Smith four hundred Dollars for the recruiting of his
Comp^y being one of the Company's raised in this State in the
Regiment lately Commanded by Col^o Stevenson to be charged
against the Continent on Acc^t of that Regiment
That the said Treasurer pay to Edward Fox twenty pounds
sixteen shillings & eight pence due him for two months
Salary as Clerk to the Board of Acc^ts ending this Day.
That the said Treasurer pay to James Maynard four Pounds
Ten shillings for a Gun.
That the said Treasurer Pay to Nicholas M^cNemarra
twenty pounds Amo^t of Acco^t passed.
Death Warrant Issued for Michael Murphy of Fred Co'^y
Ditto issued for John Beard of Balt^o County both for a
Murder.
Ordered That, the Western shore Treasurer Pay to Levin
Wilson seventy nine pounds four Shillings for Ninty Nine
Pair of Shoes.