368 Journal and Correspondence

C. B.

Commissions issued to Isaac Hammond appointed Col^o
Charles Carnan Lieut Col. and Joseph Gist Major of the
Soldiers delight Battalion of Militia in Baltimore County.

Richard Gray and Samuel Philips voluntarily took the Oath
of Fidelity and Support of the State of the North Side of
Severn in Arund^ll County
Ordered That Doct^r Andrew Francis Cheney who was com-
mitted by the House of Delegates to the Custody of Capt.
Brown in Annapolis from whence he was lately removed to
and is now Confined under a Guard at Queen Anne be kept
a Prisoner until the further order of this Board at Queen Anne
by Alexander Burrell and that he may, his keeper being with
him ride or walk for Exercise at seasonable Hours any Dis-
tance not exceeding a Mile from Queen Ann Town.
Ordered That Jesse Gray, Hugh Dean, Hamilton Callelor
and John Bennett Prisoners confined under Guard at Queen
Anne or such of them whose Health will permit be removed
under Guard to Frederick Town and there be kept in the
Logg Jail commonly called the Tory Jail until the further
Order of this Board under the Custody of such Person as shall
be appointed by the Lieutenant of Frederick County.

C. C.
161

[Council to D. Hughes.]

In Council 10^th Sepf 1777.
Sir.
We are sorry to hear that you cannot, from the Scarcity of
Guns, forward the Proportion of the Washington Militia toler-
ably armed; we have already assembled nearly as many as
we can Arm, unless our Application to Congress for
a Supply, should meet with Success, but the Event of our
Request is not yet known. Wherefore we wish you to stop
the March of the two Companies desired from each Battalion,
for the present, and get them prepared in the best Manner
you can for moving immediately on further Orders. If we
get a further Supply of Arms, they will be called on, or if we
get no more Arms, they will be wanted to relieve some of the
Militia already on Duty. Possibly our Affairs may make it
necessary to collect all the Fire Arms, we hope not, but it is
best to provide in Time against the want; therefore we wish
an Account of all Guns to be taken and those which want
small Repairs, we request you will have repaired at the Public
Expence. If the Militia should be ordered to march we wish
them to carry with them, all the Arms they can, and, if the
Public can provide better, their own may be carefully kept 'til
they return. We shall be obliged to you to have wooden