of the Council of Maryland, 1777-1778. 507

Instances, the Officers acted under Recruiting Warrants before
their Appointments. Minutes of the Warrants & Appoint-
ments have not been kept, with such Regularity as is desirable.
Those Rolls are the best we can make from tracing the
Minutes and we send Copies of them to Gen^l Smallwood with
a View that if, from the original Recruiting Warrants in the
Hands of the Officers, Dates of Commissions or Appoint-
ments, there ought to be any Corrections, he may remark it to
the Board of War. We have the Honor to be &^ca
The Hon^ble Horatio Gates
Presid^t of the Board of War

C. C.

[Council to Luther Martin.]

In Council Annapolis 18^th Feb^ry 1778.
Sir.
We inclose you a Commission to be Attorney General
which we wish you to accept of, and hope that the Appoint-
ment of M^r Galloway who has resigned, will not alter your
former Resolution which, we hope and have no Doubt, was
formed from a Desire of contributing to the Public Service.
There is now a Commission to be executed in Talbot, for the
Trial of the Eastern Shore State Prisoners. The Court stands
adjourned to Monday the 23^d Ins^t but as your Answer cannot
well be expected by that Time, we have requested the Justices
to make a further Adjournment 'til about or a little after the
first of March. If it is agreeable to you to act, we shall be
glad that you'll immediately go to Talbot and, we expect your
Time will not be mispent in looking over the Papers which
we have ordered into M^r Bracco's Hands, and be so obliging,
if you do not act, immediately to write to him and
Sir your obed^t Serv^ts
Luther Martin Esq^r

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Thursday 19^th February 1778

Present as on yesterday.

Ordered That M^r Crysall deliver to M^r Baker 12 Bushels of
Salt for the use of this State
That the Armourer put up on board of M^r John Gibsons
Boat 150 Stand of Arms last Imported to be delivered to Col
Birkhead Lieut of Talbot County for the Use of that County.
Ordered That the western shore Treasurer pay to Francis
Baker two hundred and fifty pounds eighteen shillings and
five Pence amount of Account passed by the Board for the

C. B.