no Journal and Correspondence

Liber C B
No. 23

Musketts to George Buchanan of the Brig Fox 80 Tons burthen
navigated by 22 Men, mounting 14 Carriage Guns, & 14 Small Arms,
belonging to John Dorsey &C^o Baltimore also Paul Hussey of the
Schooner Lizard 60 Tons burthen navigated by 10 Men, mounting
4 Carriage Guns & 6 small Arms, to Benjamin Bradhurst of the
Schooner Blossom 45 Tons burthen navigated by 9 Men mounting
4 Carriage Guns and 6 small Arms, belonging to Richard Curson
&C^o of Maryland and also to John M^cKirdy of the Schooner Dove
60 Tons burthen navigated by 13 Men, mounting four Swivils be-
longing to Arch³ Buchanan &C^o of Balt^o

Liber C C

No. 22
p. 76

[Council to Perigrine Tilghman Esqr]

Sir Yours of the 7^th Ins^t came to Hand Yesterday Morning and
Aaron Ringrose the Skipper of the Vessel, with 117 Barrels of Flour
was immediately dispatched to the Head of Elk with Directions to
deliver his Cargoe to Col^o Henry Hollingsworth, to whom we must
request you will forward all the Flour Wheat &^ca you may collect in
Virtue of the Act for the immediate Supply of Flour and other Pro-
visions for the Army, and as water Carriage is attended with less
Expence to the Public as well as less Inconvenience to Individuals we
prefer that Mode of Conveyance. We are clearly of Opinion that
the Flour &^ca purchased by the French Agents are liable to Seizure
by the Letter as well as the Spirit of the Law under which you act,
and upon every Application made to us by the Commissioners, we
have invariably directed them to take such Purchases into their Pos-
session, and transmit to us a particular Account thereof but to wait
our further Instructions before they are forwarded to Camp

[Council to Capt. Levin Handy]

Sir — We are sorry to hear your Endeavours to procure Recruits
have not been attended with the Desired Success. The Assembly
will probably meet in a few Days and if it should appear to them
that the Public will receive an Advantage by extending the Term be-
yond the first of April for giving the State Bounty to Recruits, there
is little Doubt but it will be done; we have not the Power to continue
it beyond the Time limitted by the present Recruiting Law. Col^o
Dashiell informs us that it has been suggested to that Order of
People who were most likely to enlist, that a Draft from the Militia
would probably take Place, which may have induced many to decline
entering into the Service for the Present, from an Expectation of
getting more as Substitutes. We think there is no Prospect of a
Draft as by a Letter from His Excellency the General, the Deficien-
cies of the Maryland Quota is much less than we expected