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and by him sent a considerable Quantity of Cloathing with an
Invoice. Our Purchase of Goods is not near so considerable
as Doctor Wallace perhaps imagined, we yet want a great
Deal, epecially of Linen. Any Thing which is useful for our
Troops and that General Smallwood can command belonging
to the Continent we hope and expect he will. Our Endeavours
to cloath our own Troops does not, we suppose, shut them
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Doubt, but that many of the Regiments are principally, if not
wholly, supplied from the Continental Stores, of which this
State will, doubtless be charged with a Proportion. The Price
of the Goods you may receive under General Smallwoods
Orders, is not so very material; you will give Credit for such
and on Delivery out, charge the Continent again with the same
Price, with the actual Expences of making added. We ex-
pected you had received some ready made Cloathing of M^r
Forman, from Kent, but from his Letter, it seems it is chiefly

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delivered to Recruits. We are much in Gen^l Smallwood's
Sentiments, as to the Propriety of getting a Plenty of Overalls
for the Soldiers, but the Linen for them and for Shirts, will be
greatly deficient. We are very desirous too of having Linen
Coatees in Stead of Hunting Shirts, Oznabrigs, we think,
would make good Overalls & Coatees We are not able
immediately to furnish Money; but if you can purchase any
Quantity of Linen and especially Oznabrigs at the Prices you
mention do so, on Credit if you can, and you shall very soon
have the Money, or if you cannot get it on Credit, advise us,
if the Quantity is considerable by Express, if there's no good
Opportunity and the Money shall, some how or other, be
raked up. You mention the Prices as necessary, that the
Soldiers may have their Pay deducted, in Case they sell their
Cloathing, but this will, in our Circumstances, by no Means
do, and enough must be taken from the Pay to replace the
Cloathing, so made away with, else we shall never have half
the Men cloathed.
M^r John Randall We are &^ca

[Council to H. Hollingsworth.]

In Council Annapolis 8^th April 1778.
Sir.
On Gen^l Smallwood and your Letters, the Assembly came
to a Resolution for ordering out the Militia, a Copy of which
we inclose you, in Consequence of which, we have given
Orders for two Companies from Kent, Cecil and Harford