of the Council of Maryland, 1778-1779. 353

Eccleston of the 2^d Maryland Regim^t Two thousand Dollars
to be expended in the Recruiting Service, he being app^d by
General Smallwood & having his Instructions of the 9 Inst for
that Purpose
That the said Treasurer pay to Lieut John Hardman of the
2^d Regm^t two thousand Dollars to be expended in the Recruit-
ing Service
That the said Treasurer pay to Lieut, William Bruce of the
1 Reg^t two thousand Dollars to be expended in the Recruit-
ing Service
That the said Treasurer pay to John Chalmers a Recruiting
Officer, Two thousand Dollars to be expended in the Recruit-
Service on Account.
That the Commissary of Stores deliver to Capt John Eccles-
ton 2 Hats & 4 Shirts to be charged to the 2^d Regim^t
That the said Commissary of Stores deliver to Jacob Hunt a
9 M^o Sold^r in the 7 Reg^t & reinlisted Fifteen Pounds, eight
Shillings and ten Pence in Cloathing and 1 Blanket, William
Fortune a 9 M^o Sold^r in the 7 Regim^t reinlisted, seventeen
Pounds, Eighteen Shillings & ten Pence in Cloathing John
Carroll junio^r a 9 M^o Sold^r in the 1 Regim^t reinlisted Thirteen
Pounds, five shillings and six Pence in Cloathing, James Colely
a 9 M^o Sold^r in the 1 Regim^t Discharged Twenty Pounds, five
shillings and six Pence in Cloathing, and Thomas Mobley a 9
M^o Sold^r in the 3^d Regim^t Discharged, Twenty two Pounds
and three Pence in Cloathing due them by an Act of Assembly
to procure Troops for the American Army.

C. B.

[Council to Sheriff of Dorchester.]

In Council Annapolis 19^th April 1779
Sir.
Cap^t John Eccleston is now down on the Recruiting Service,
he purposes to have his Party chiefly at Cambridge; if there is
no Continental Issuing Commissary there, and we suppose
there is not, he may be at a good Deal of Difficulty to
get Provisions: to remedy it as far as may be, we request
you to purchase some Flour and Meat, principally Bacon, and
put it in a Way to be delivered out occasionally to Capt.
Eccleston's Order, for the Subsistance of his Party and Recruits.
Pray be at the Trouble of Keeping an exact Account of the
Expence, as it may be charged, as it ought, to the Continent
We are &^ca
Robertson Stevens Esq^r
Sheriff of Dorchester County

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