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C. B.

That the said Treasurer pay to James Bayle seventy two
Pounds Eight shillings & nine Pence due him on Account of
the Galley Baltimore per Account passed by the Dep^y Aud^r
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt. Beriah Mayburry One
hundred and ninteen Pounds, eighteen shillings & Nine Pence
p Account pass^d by the Dep^y Aud. and the further Sum of
Fifty Pounds on Acc^t
That the said Treasurer pay to Thomas Williams Nine
Pounds Eight shillings and three pence due him p Acc^t passed
by the Dep^y Aud^r
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Serjeant Christo-
pher Perott of the 2^d Regim^t 1 p^r Shoes and 1 Shirt.
That the said Commissary Deliver to Henry Hughes one
Blanket being the balance due him by Act of Assembly to
procure Troops for the American Army.

Wednesday 3^d March 1779

Present as on yesterday
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Simon
Ratalack Three hundred and thirteen Pounds, seven shillings
and three pence due to Ridge and Ratalack & for their use
per Acc^ts passed by the Aud Gen^l
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Lieut Col^o Wool-
ford 24 yard Cloth
That the said Commissary deliver to George Spalding the
Am^t of Nine Pounds, Eight shillings & Nine Pence in Cloath-
ing being the Balance due him p Act of Assembly to procure
Troops for the A. Army
Commissions issued to Richard Smith app^d Col^o William
Vearse Lieut Col^o & Frederick Sprigg Major of the Upper Bat-
talion of Militia in Montgomery County and also to Archibald
Orme Col^o Nathaniel Pigman Lieut Col^o & Robert Owen
Major of the Middle Battalion of Militia in Montgomery County

C. C

[Council to Nicholson.]

In Council 3^d March 1779.
Sir.
Very much to our Disappointment, we find there's no
Probability of getting a sufficient Quantity of Biscuit for the
Gallies baked here; we shall be obliged to you to purchase
for us nine thousand weight. The Reason we give you this
Trouble is because we do not know who will serve us best nor
any Thing of the modern Price. If this should be Time