of the Council of Maryland, 1778-1779. 465

[Jenifer to Gov. Johnson.]

Phil^a June 30^fh 1779

Dear Sir,
Congress have not received any information from South
Carolina. M^r Drayton has a Letter from a Gentⁿ in Cha^s
Town dated the 19^th of May which informs him that the Enemy
were in Possession of James's Island. No mention made of
any engagement having happened, but says, Gen^ls Lincoln
and Wilkinson were not far off
In a New York Paper of the 19^th Ins^t is a Deposition of a Cap^t
M^calpine that left Tybee (Georgia) the 5^th of this month and
also a Letter to Sir Geo Collier from a Cap^t of a Man of War
in Savannah both of which contain intelligence of a serious
nature and altho, I do not believe the Situation of the Enemy
to be so promissing as to put them immediately into Posses-
sion of Charles Town which they expect, or that Governor
Rutledge had offered to Capitulate on Condition that South
Carolina should remain Neuter during the War which they
also assert, Yet I fear Lincoln is not in force sufficient to risk
a battle.
Two Prizes to the Confederacy & Boston Frigates with 200
Hhds of Rum, and other Goods arrived at this Port yesterday;
Likewise 6 or 7 Merchantmen from Statia with various Articles
of Merchandize
With the greatest respect and regard I am
Dear Sir, Your affectionate Serv^t
I propose to set out from this Dan of S^t Tho^s Jenifer
the 4^th of next month

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Thursday I^st July 1779

Present as on Yesterday.
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Ralph
Story Nine hundred and Eighty four Pounds, twelve shillings
& six pence p Acc^t passed by the Aud. Gen^l.

C. B.

[Council to James Calhoun.]

In Council Annapolis I^st July 1779
Sir.
We have Occasion for a small Quantity of Bread & Flour
for immediate Use and now send Capt. Steward in the Plater
to Baltimore for 4 or 5000^lb of Bread and 15 Barr^ls of Flour, 10
of First & 5 of Seconds. We request you will procure those
Quantities of each Article or, if not the whole, as near as may

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C. C.

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