534 Journal and Correspondence

C. B.

Tuesday 21 September 1779

Present as on Yesterday
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer Pay to Capt
Daniel Bryan One hundred and Ninty seven Pounds thirteen
shillings and three Pence due himself and also the further Sum
of Eighty four Pounds, Eleven shillings due the Crew of the
Dolphin p Acc^ts passed by the A^ly
That the said Treasurer pay to Elizabeth Maw Fifteen
Pounds due her per Account passed by the Aud. General
Daniel Bryan first Lieutenant of the Galley Independence
Resigns his Commission which is accepted of

Thursday 23^d September 1779

Present as on Tuesday
Ordered that the Commissary of Stores deliver to Thomas
Yoe late a 9 M^o Sold^r in the 5 Maryland Regim^t Discharged
the amo^t of Twenty nine Pounds, ten shillings in Cloathing
due him by an Act of Assembly to procure Troops for the A.
Army
That the western shore Treasurer pay to Richard Bryan
Ninty five Pounds due him per Acc^t passed by the Aud Gen^l
That the said Treasurer pay to John Muir, twelve thousand
Pounds to be delivered over to Capt. Geo. Keeports of Balti-
more for the Purchase of Linens and Cloathing for the Army
on Account

C. C.
p. 25

[Council to G. Keeports.]

In Council Annapolis 23^d Sepf 1779
Sir.
We are earnestly pressed to assist in cloathing our State
Troops; Shirts are much wanted. We send you 12,000£ by
M^r Muir & request you'll lay it out in such Country Linen as
will do to make Shirts for Soldiers: as you get the Linen,
have it made up into Shirts we suppose unbleached Linen will
do well enough for the Bodies, though the Sieves ought to be
a little whitened. We shall also want a Quantity of Thread,
of which M^r Muir will more particularly inform you, be so
obliging as to purchase it, as Opportunity may offer, as well as
assist M^r Muir in making a Contract for Hats. If you find
you can make a better Purchase of imported Linen, we do not
mean to exclude it, but we should prefer by much a Country
Shirt of the same Fineness and Price, as it may be expected to
wear so much better. The Women who make the Shirts ought
to bring them in well washed. Advise us of your Success,