558 Journal and Correspondence

C. C.

p. 30

[Council to C. T. Wederstrandt.]

In Council Annapolis 16^th Oct^r 1779
Sir.
We have just received Letters from Philadelphia strongly
impressing the Necessity of forwarding Supplies of Flour to
Gen^l Washington's Army; we are satisfied your Exertions will
not be wanting; push Every Thing forward as fast as possible
and advise us of the Quantity you have contracted for and
what has gone forward
We are &^ca
Conrad Theodore Wederstrandt Esq^r

[Council to W. Hemsley.]

In Council Annapolis 16^th Oct^r 1779
Sir.
We received Letters Yesterday pressing our Exertions to
obtain a Quantity of Flour for Gen^l Washington's Army: you
know as well as we how much all of us have depending on the
Army's being supplied and we understand it is in your Power
soon to furnish a good Deal: we therefore send this by Ex-
press, to desire you will either let the Continent have it, or, if
more agreeable to you to have your Transactions with this
State to let us have it and send it forward with Invoices to the
Head of the Bay to be delivered to the proper Officers and
Receipts taken We write to you with the Confidence you
deserve as a Gentleman and a Whig and have no Doubt but
if the Account is to be settled between us, it will be on the
Principles of Justice and Honor on both Sides. Much depends
on Activity, write us by the Return of this Messenger. No
body must have your Flour for any other Purpose than sup-
plying the Army.
We are &^ca
W^m Hemsley Esq^r

p. 31

[Council to R. Buchanan.]

In Council Annapolis 16^th October 1779
Sir.
We yesterday received very pressing Letters on the Sub-
ject of Flour for General Washington's Army; they intimate
great Dependance on Maryland for Supplies, the Occasion is
so pressing that unless you have an Answer from Col. Blaine,
forbidding it, we by all Means recommend your parting from
2000 of the 3000 Bushels of Salt you have on Hand in Ex-
change for Wheat and Flour. We imagine a Bushel of Allum