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them for Account of M^r Holker, Agent for the Marine of
France, we wrote to the several Purchasers appointed by this
State to send as quick as possible what Flour remained in
their Hands, to Balt^o to be delivered there to M^r Smith, leaving
a Power only in the Purchasers of Cecil & Kent Counties to
send, on consulting with Col^o Hollingsworth, of the most con-
venient enough with what had gone before to make up the
5000 Barr^ls directed to be sent to Philad^a and the same Day
sent a Copy of your Letter and Notice of our Orders to M^r
Smith. We thought the Business was executing entirely agree-
able to your Idea 'til the Rec' of your Letter of the 25^th July, a
Copy of the Parts of which, relative to this Matter you have
inclosed; on receiving it we again wrote to the Purchasers to
follow M^r Smith's Orders as to the Disposition of the Flour
and advised him we had done so, but the Day of our Rec^f of
M^r Smith's Letter of the 25^th July, or the Day before or after
Col^o Hollingsworth and one of the Purchasers from that Part
of the Country happened here, from whom we learnt that 7000
Barr^ls & upwards had gone forward to Philad^a. It would have
given us Pleasure that the Purchase and Conduct of the 10,000
Barr^ls of Flour should have been to entire Satisfaction. The
Gen^l who were appointed have generally and, we believe
universally, exerted themselves but the Contrary Orders which
we have been obliged to give have occasioned them a good
Deal of Trouble and prevented their following a setled Plan,
by which only Business can be well conducted. We inclose
a Copy of your Letter of the 4^th Ins^t rec^d the Day before
yesterday, to M^r Smith which, we have no Doubt, will excite
his Exertions
We are &^ca
Hon^ble Gouverneur Morris.

[Council to W. Smith.]

In Council Annapolis 13^th Aug^t 1779
Sir.
The foregoing is a Copy of a Letter from M^r Morris rec^d
here the Day before yesterday. From the Information we
had, upwards of 7000 of the 10,000 Barr^ls of Flour purchased
in this State, were some Time ago, sent to Philad^a. We have
wrote to M^r Morris by this Post, and request you also to
write to him giving him any Information you can on the
Subject.
We are &^ca
W^m Smith Esq^r