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In Council 25th May 1778.
Sir.
The Substitutes being entitled to the Bounty of twenty
Dollars allowed by the Continent and forty allowed by the
State, we intended that under our former Letter, you should
advance the sixty Dollars to them as well as to the other
Recruits, and we request, you make the Advance accordingly.
William Gillis Esqr We are &ca
Shff Somerset,
[Council to G. Dashiell.]
In Council Annapolis 25th May 1778
Sir.
From the Recommendations which Mr Jones brought with
him, as well as what we formerly received in his Favor, we
should be glad of an Opportunity of sending the Drafts under
him if an Appointment should devolve on us, from proper
Officers not being drawn or their Refusal and, if that should
be the Case we request you'll mention to us such others as
you think proper to act as the Officers. We are surprised
that Capt Winder should refuse to receive the Substitutes; it
was certainly his Duty to have forwarded them; to make the
best of it, we request you will send them to Cambridge, in
care of some trusty Militia Officer, who must be paid for his
Trouble; we shall send a Galley there in a few Days for some
continental Tents and other Matters, and she may take the
Men immediately to the Head of the Bay, which will be a
great Ease to them. We request the Men may be marched
to Cambridge immediately, that the Galley may not be de-
layed. If they get there before her they may if inconvenient
to the officer you send to stay, be left in the Care of any of
our Continental Officers, who may be there or if none there,
in the Care of John Chalmers. We inclose you a Copy of an
Act passed the last Session; if there should be Occasion, you
are by Virtue thereof and this Order, to call out such of the
Militia as you think necessary and most proper, advising us
immediately of it. We are &ca
Colo George Dashiell.
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