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if the Vessel in which it came should have been chased,
would, in so long a Carriage on Horseback, have fretted and
defaced the Papers so as to have rendered them useless; I
therefore had the Cover ripped up, about eight or ten Pounds
of Sheet Lead taken out, and the Cover again nailed down
and sealed in the Presence of the Council and myself. I flatter
myself Sir! that this Caution intended only to prevent your
Papers being defaced, will not be disapproved
I have the Honor to be &ca
T. J.
Monsr Gerrard
[Council to the Chevalier De Segond de la Place.]
In Council 15th April 1779
Sir.
We are of Opinion that we cannot give Permission to
recruit Men in this State for Colo Arman's Corps, it having
been enacted by the General Assembly in June Session 1777
" That no Officer of the United States shall inlist any of the
Inhabitants of this State in the Service of the United States,
unless in some one of the Battalions from this State, under
the Penalty of one hundred Pounds for each Person inlisted
contrary thereto " Count Pulaski's Officers inlisted a good
many Men in this State for his Legion, but that was done by
Permission of the Assembly.
We are &ca
Capt De Segond
[Council to Board of War.]
In Council 15th April 1779.
Gen'
Immediately on our Receipt of Mr Peters's Letter of the
25th of March we issued Orders to the Lieut of Washington
County to provide a Guard for the Prisoners at Fort Frederick,
we have not since heard from the Lieut Colo Rawlings is
of Opinion that, besides the Inconvenience of taking seventy
Men from their Farms a Militia Guard if they can be kept
together, will not be so attentive as desirable He says that
he could in a Day or two, put all the Prisoners out, one or two
at a Place, with Men who have taken the Oath of Allegiance
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