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C. B.

That the said Treasurer pay to Erasmus Uhler one hundred
and twenty two pounds, one shilling and six pence per Accot
passed
That the said Treasurer pay to John Cannon twelve pounds
fourteen shillings and four pence per Account passed.
That the said Treasurer pay to Peter Keener sixty pounds
twelve shillings and six pence per Acc^t passed.
That the said Treasurer pay to Philip Berry four pounds
two shillings per Account passed the Board.
That the said Treasurer pay to Samuel Hepburn four
pounds two shillings per Account passed.
That the said Treasurer pay to Walter Warfield Twenty
three pounds per Account passed.
That the said Treasurer pay to Jesse Hollingsworth one
thousand six hundred and twenty nine pounds two shillings

and nine pence balance of Account passed.

That the said Treasurer pay to Captain Thomas Walker
five hundred and seventeen pounds eight shillings and one
penny per pay roll examined and passed by the Board of Acc^ts

C. C.

[M. Gist to Gov. Johnson.]

Camp at North Wales Township 31 Oct. 1777.
Sir
The late ungenerous behaviour of Colonel William Hopper
on the Eastern shore, lays me under the Indispensable obliga-
tion to report his conduct to your Excellency, which through
regard to his connexions and reputation I have hitherto
declin'd
Colonel Hopper attended the Brigade under my command,
on our march to German Town on the night of the 3^d Instant.
On the morning of the 4^th the Enemys Picket began a Scatter-
ing fire in front of our Collumn when the Colonel was immedi-
ately attackd with some qualms of sickness that oblig'd him to
leave his Regiment and retreat to Maryland.
As Mankind cannot be answerable at all times for the weak-
ness and frailty of the Human Heart, his feelings demanded
more pitty than Resentment, which led me to conceal his
Errors untill I had the pleasure of waiting on you in person:
I am credibly Informd that he reported on his way down & in
his neighbourhood at home, that the Maryland Militia was
posted in front and was entirely cut off; this with other
absurditys propogated by him to the prejudice of the Army
has had its tendency to prevent the second Class of Militia
from turning out so generally as they otherwise would have
done. Colo. Matthew Driver with many other of his neigh-