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might be engaged for 3 years or the War; we wrote General
Washington, requesting he would grant an Order for Money
for the Purpose; by his Answer, the Money supplied by the
Treasury is barely sufficient to pay the monthly Abstracts and
contingent Expences and, if the Military Chest could afford it,
he could not order the Advance, without the special Order of
Congress.
The Object seems of Consequence to us and is approved
by General Washington. Pray endeavour, by some means or
other, to place 20000 Dollars in General Smallwood's Hands,
for the Purpose of discharging the State Bounty of 40 Dollars
to the Drafts and Substitutes for 9 months at Camp, who will
inlist for 3 years or during the War We congratulate you on
Gen^l Sullivan's Retreat which in our Idea is a Stroke of
Generalship attended with good Fortune We are &^ca
Delegates from Maryland
in Congress

C. C.

Saturday 12^th September 1778

Present as on yesterday.
Permission given to the Schooner Chance Ephraim Emerton
Master and also to the Brigantine Salisbury Joshua Grafton
Master, to load with Flour and Grain within this State for the
Consumption of the Eastern States agreeable to a Resolution
of Congress of the 2^d Septem^r 1778
Commission of Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to
John Mitchell Commander of the Schooner Polly Sudler
mounting 6 swivels and 10 small Arms 80 Tons burthen
navigated by 25 Men belonging to John M^cLure &C^o
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Thomas
Beatty the following Sums for the use of the persons thereto
annexed per Accounts passed by the Aud. Gen^l viz. John
Carroll £4..10. William Renner £54...6...3 John Simmerman
£2...10.. Mary Pickinpaugh 7...10.. Nathan Maynard £2.....
Jacob Shate £2...5.. Philip Mires £2.. Absalom Bonham
£2..15.. Thomas Ogle £16.. 10. Nich^s Umstatt £52. Fred
Recup £9.. Geo. Zimmerman £19..10 William Winchester
.£3...9...3 Col^o Baker Johnson £92...5...6 Capt. Jacob Crist
& his Comp^y £127.. 8., 4 Capt. Biggar Head & his C^o
£107...11...8 and Capt. Richard Haff £91....
That the said Treasurer pay to Richard Flemming four
Pounds ten shillings for a Gun
That the said Treasurer pay to Daniel Carroll Esq. Ninty
six Pounds five shillings for his Attendance in Council to this
Inst, inclusive
That the said Treasurer pay to John Bolton four hundred
Pounds on Account

C. B.