192 Proceedings of the Council of Maryland, 1753-1761.

Lib. J. R.
& U. S.

Dangers of the Seas excepted) within six Months from the
Date of the Bonds respectively.
A true Copy examined and compared with the Original
Entries by me
Geo: Banyan Dep: Cl: Con:

Upon reading the Petition of John Stevenson of Baltimore
County Merchant on Behalf of himself, and William Walton
of New York Merchant, setting forth that the said William
Walton had contracted with the Governor, and Royal Officers
of the Spanish Garrison at S^t Augustine, to furnish that Gar-
rison with three thousand Barrels of Flour for the year
1757: and that the said Petitioner had contracted with the
aforesaid William Walton to supply him with one thousand
Barrels of Flour to be delivered to such Vessel or Vessels
of him the said Walton as should be sent for them to Balti-
more Town, seven hundred Barrels of which Flour the Peti-
tioner has ship'd on board a Sloop belonging to the said

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Walton now lying in Patapsco River, but being prohibited by
the Embargo laid by your Excellency in Council on the ninth
Day of March 1757: he hopes that the said Sloop may be
permitted to clear for S^t Augustine whereby the aforesaid
William Walton Esq^r may be enabled to comply with his
Contract.
It appearing to this Board by a Copy of an Order of Coun-
cil dated at New York Monday 2 I^st February 1757: and now
produced that notwithstanding the Embargo laid there, that
Government had directed the Collector of his Majesty's Cus-
toms at New York, to clear out the Quanity of three thou-
sand Barrels of Flour ship'd by William Walton Esq^r for the
Use and Supply of the Spanish Garrison at S^t Augustine
for the present year 1757:
It is therefore the Advice of this Board to his Excellency
that he permit the Officers of the Customs at the City of
Annapolis to clear out for S^t Augustine seven hundred Bar-
rels of Flour ship'd by John Stevenson in the Sloop Lena
Jonathan Lawrence Master he the said John Stevenson first
entring into Bond, in the Sum of five hundred Pounds
sterling conditioned to produce to the Governor or Com-
mander in Chief of this Province a Certificate from the
Governor or Commander in Chief of New York that seven
hundred Barrels of Flour ship'd and laden on board the
Sloop Lena whereof Jonathan Lawrence is Master now
riding at Anchor at Baltimore Town in Baltimore County
be deemed and taken to be Part of the three thousand Bar-
rels of Flour so as aforesaid contracted to be by the said