530 Journal and Correspondence

C. B.

Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Charles
Baker Five Pounds twelve shillings and six Pence due him p
Acc^t passed by the Dep^y Aud.
Ordered That the western shore Treasurer pay to Capt
David Lynn of the 7^th Regimt two thousand Dollars in leiw of
the Articles for the present year allowed by the late Act of Ass^y

C. C.

p. 24

[Council to James Calhoun.]

In Council Annapolis 17^th Sept^r 1779
Sir
Inclosed you have Licence indorsed on your Appointments
of Assistants. Your Commission from Gen^l Greene appoints
you Dep^y Q^r Master Gen^l of the Army of the United States
for the Western Shore of Maryland from whence it would
seem that all who acted in this Department on the Western
Shore, should be subordinate to you. The 13^th Inst Col^o
Charles Beatty produced us a Commission from John Cox
Asst Qu^r M^r Gen^l dated Lancaster 10^th April 1778 nominating
and appointing him (C. B.) to act do & perform all and
singular the Business of Dep^y Q^r M^r Gen^l with the Priviledge
of making Purchases in the County of Fredk of Horses &^ca
Col^o Beatty requested and had a Licence for himself as well as
on the 14^th for Rich^d Butler & Nich^s Tice as his Assistants.
We do not know that the Business will be the worse done
for your & their Appointments, but there appears to us a
Degree of Inconsistency in different People acting in the
same Place, in the same Business, with equal Powers. We did
not know what Proportion of Cannon & what of Musquet Pow-
der we had at Fred^k, but imagined we had, by much the
Greatest Part of Cannon. As it turns out otherwise we would
by all Means have the 30 thou sand Weight mde up of Musquet
Powder and for that Purpose write to Col^o Bruce the inclosed
We are &^ca
James Calhoun Esq^r

p. 25

[Council to N. Bruce.]

In Council Annapolis 17^th Sept^r 1779

Sir
We are just advised by M^r Calhoun that our Magazine at
Frederick had only 11076^lb, of Cannon Powder, which has been
delivered with 5228^lb of musquet, we imagined the Powder
there was principally Cannon and therefore restricted the
Quantity of Musquet Powder in our former Letter, as it is, you
will be pleased to make up of the Musquet Powder, with