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Balto he was induced to apply to the Governor for 10 Pieces
of Cannon for that Purpose &ca," if the Cannon can be spared,
please to let me know the Terms on Behalf of the State &
upon the Receipt of your Answer, I shall return to Congress
and repeat the same." We wrote him 11th Feby that we had
six 4 Poundrs which belonged to the Defence, we believed
very good & their Carriages compleat, that the Congress
might have them with their Carriages for the Price such would
sell for at Balto of which we presumed, he might be, easily
ascertained; that we had no other 4 Pounders that we could
spare with Convenience, that we had some Guns made at
Dorsey's Works for fours, but they carried a Shot of 5lb and
upwards, perhaps we could make out the Number with them,
if we can, the Congress may have four of them, but that it
was likely they were too heavy for the Purpose. Capt Read
afterwards passed us this Receipt Received of the State of
Maryland for the Use of the Baltimore Packet belonging to
Congress, two short three Pounders and four long three
pounders with their Carriages, which were sent to Baltimore
by the Governor and Council and also four short three
Pounders Apl Ist 78." Thos Read. The six three Pounders
with their Carriages first mentioned in the Rect had been sent
to Balto in Consequence of a Letter from the Marine Com-
mittee, dated York Town 4th March 78, in which the Com-
mittee agreed to the Terms proposed in our Letter to Mr
Lewis of the 11th Feby preceeding; so that we had no Idea of
our having any Thing further to do with the Guns. We
received a Letter from Messrs Morris, Nesbit & Co, concern-
ing nine of these Guns, an Extract of which is enclosed, to
us 31st Augt last by the Marine Committee, these Letters may
easily be recurred to & the Title to them must depend on the
Contract between the Committee & those Gentlemen, for we
have no Claim to them, they belonged to the Congress
We are &ca
Delegates in Congress
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