472 Journal and Correspondence

C. B.

Ordered That the western shore Treasurer pay to Richard
Murrow Thirty eight pounds, eight shillings and nine pence
due to the Boat Plater's Crew per Account passed the Board

C.C.
Original.

[Smallwood to Gov. Johnson.]

Wilmington January 22^d 1778.
Sir.
I received your Favors of the 31^st Decem^r & 16^th In^s Cap^t
Brown & Dorseys Companies have arrived & remain yet at
this Post have forwarded Returns of these companies with a
Copy of y^r first ltr the Resolve & Recruiting Act to General
Washington & now with his Directions thereon which for
your Satisfaction shall be communicated
You must have been misinformed greatly respecting the
supplies of soldiers Cloathing captured there was the Bag-
gage Stores cloathing marque's & Equipages of the Officers
of 4 Regiments but not near Soldiers cloathing for one which
has been distributed among eleven Regiments stationed here
I have Inclosed you a general Return stating the Quantity
& species of cloathing & the number of men wanting in each
Regiment this will evince the misrepresentation and point
out the Expediency of immediately forwarding Supplies of
cloathing & I lament that you will also be so much disap-
pointed in your Expectations of the Army in general being so
well supplied when you come to read the inclosed Ltr. from
Gen^l Washington
The sorts of Cloathing most wanting you will observe speci-
fied in the Return I am sensible Cloathing the Recruits
wou'd forward that service much but this Post being much
exposed to surprize necessarily subjects the Troops to exten-
sive & severe Duty to obviate it which cannot be complied
with at this Season nor can they annoy the Enemy & intercept
their Supplies from the Disaffected in the Government unless
they are well clad which were principal objects in taking this
Post.
Since the Arrival of the Troops here with the Artillery they
have taken two sloops loaden with Provision and a Sloop &
an armed Brig principally loaded with Officers Stores, Bag-
gage, Marque's & Equipage but few Articles necessary for
the common Soldiery except 500 good Tents & 1000 stand
of excellent Arms which are far short of the Quantity we were
led to believe at first were in the Brig from the captured
officers. I remain with much Respect
Your Obed^t H^ble Servt
W. Smallwood