266 Journal and Correspondence

C. B.

That the said Treasurer pay to Elizabeth Maw Fifteen
Pounds for House rent p Account passed by the Aud Gen^l
That the said Treasurer pay to Thomas Stone Esq^r seventy
seven Pounds ten shillings per Acc^t passed by the Aud. Gen^l

By his Excellency Thomas Johnson Esq^r Governor of Maryland
A Proclamation.

With the Advice of the Council and agreeable to the
Request of the General Assembly of this State, I do hereby
appoint Wednesday the thirtieth Day of this Month of Decem-
ber to be observed throughout this State as a Day of public
Thanksgiving and Praise agreeable to the Recommendations
contained in the annexed Act of Congress
Given at Annapolis this fifteenth Day of December in the
year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seventy
Eight
By his Excellency's Command Th Johnson
T. Johnson Jun^r Sec^ry
God save the State

Wednesday 16^th December 1778.

Present as on yesterday
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Thomas
Cockey Dye Forty Eight Pounds for the Use of Leonard Belt
p Petition & Account allowed by the Committee of Claims
and passed by the Aud. Gen^l
That the said Treasurer pay to Cornelius Garretson Seventy
five Pounds per Account passed by the Prin^l Cl. to the Aud.
Gen^l
That the said Treasurer pay to John Taylor Twenty four
Pounds for the Use of James Barton per Account passed by
Aud. Gen^l
That the said Treasurer pay to Thomas Sim Lee Esq Ninty
four Pounds, ten shillings for his Attendance in Council to the
10^th Nov^r last
That the said Treasurer pay to John Crisall, four hundred
Pounds on Acc^t
That the said Treasurer pay to Jonathan Parker, Twenty
Pounds on Account, he going Express to Pennsylv. & the
Delaware States on Pub. Business
Commission of Letter of Marque & Reprisal issued to Wil-
liam Newton Commander of the Sloop Bennington, 60 Tons
Burthen, mounting 6 Carriage Guns, 4 Howitz & 10 small
Arms, belonging to Sam^l & Robert Purviance Hugh Young
& C^o of Baltimore