10 Journal and Correspondence

Liber C B
No. 23

Maryland Regiment and now regularly Discharged due him per
Act of Assembly to procure Troops for the American Army —
That the said Commissary of Stores deliver to Serjeant John
Plant of the 1^st Regim^t as much Cloth as will make a Waistcoat &
Breeches
Sir, Please to pay to M^r John Randall or his Order, three thou-
sand four hundred and thirty five Pounds due to this State for the
Cannon &c & 120 lbs of Shott furnished Capt Michels the Shott at
£5 plb.
To M^r William Smith Baltimore
Thomas Gantt the 4^th of Prince Georges County in the State of
Maryland is appointed an Ensign in the sixth Maryland Regim^t of
Continental Troops and it is requested that a Commission may issue
to him accordingly from the Board of War —
Commission issued to Samuel Hanson son of John appointed
Surveyor of Frederick County —

p. 75

William Armitage enlisted by Serjeant Richard Welsh for the
Matross Service in this State having appeared before the Governor
and Council is adjudged by them unfit for Service and therefore is
hereby Discharged on his refunding all Expences accruing on his
Inlistm^t

Liber C C

No. 22
p. 36

[Council to Henry Dickinson Esqr, Treasurer of the Eastern Shore]

Sir. We inclose you an Order for the Removal of all the Public
Money in your Hands beyond £5000 into the Western Shore Treas-
ury; the Demand for it here is pressing and we request it may be
done as soon as may be We are &^ca

November 8
Liber C B
No. 23
p. 77

Monday 8 November 1779

Present as on Saturday —
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to John Clarke
Sixty eight Pounds twelve shillings and Six Pence due him p Ac-
count passed by the Dep^y Aud.
Upton Sheredine Esq^r from the Senate inform his Excellency that
a sufficient number of Members are met to Proceed to Business —
M^r Hall and M^r John Hanson from the House of Delegates also
inform his Excellency the House of Delegates are ready to Proceed
to Business —
On the second Monday of November being the 8^th Day of the same
Month, The Senate and House of Delegates, agreeable to the Form
of Government and Laws of the State, Proceeded to the choice of a
Governor, when the Honorable Thomas Sim Lee Esquire was elected
in the room [of] Thomas Johnson Esquire, whose Time expired by
the Constitution and Form of Government.