of the Council of Maryland, 1778-1779. 247

most probably have furnished a dreadful Lesson of the Truth.
For these Reasons to avoid any Infection Hospitals have
generally been established quite out of the Way. and I believe
you stand single to be so assiduous to place even in the midst
amongst you.
I will bring another Consideration to Your Mind. There
are more Patients besides these at the Fort which have
Recourse to the hospital. The shipping very often nay allways
send their sick, as likewise Soldiers take Sick on their march
to or from Camp there being no Continental hospital have
Recourse to the State hospital, all which if according to your
Plan, they must be sent down to the Fort, and crowd the place
and how much must the Danger be increased or if they are
not sent down another hospital must be kept with additional
Expences. Not to mention the unavoidable Inconvenience
in furnishing the necessary provisions. Nay I can well foresee
the frequent Complaints which would arise against the Attend-
ance of the Doctor which let him be ever so diligent must
often admit of such Constructions of Neglect as to expose him
to an irksome situation.
Thus Sir have I given myself the Trouble to reason the
matter with you, at least to attempt to convince you that you
have exceeded Your Department, and I wish you had rather
made a proper Inquiry into the Nature of the Quarter Masters
Deficiency and causd a Remedy, the more so as the Quarter
Master pacifyd the frequent Remonstrances and Orders
of the Doctors mentiond your name as from whom he
expected Straw, the only thing wanting and by so doing every
thing would have been regular to the great satisfaction of
Sir Y^r most hble Serv^t
C W.
Copy
To Maj^r Smith

Copy in
Wiesenthal's
handwriting

Saturday 21^st November 1778.

Present as on yesterday except Daniel Carroll Esquire
Ordered, That the western shore Treasurer pay to Charles
Carroll of Carrollton Esquire Fifty nine pounds, seven shil-
lings and six Pence and also the further Sum of Two hundred
and twenty Pounds, ten shillings and six Pence per Acc^t
passed by the A G^l
That the said Treasurer pay to Richard Murrow one hun-
dred and seventeen Pounds, ten shillings p Acc^t passed by
the Prin^l Cl. to the Aud. Gen^l
That the said Treasurer pay to Col^o John H. Stone forty

C. B.