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p. 40
[Osnabrig
was a kind
of coarse
linen
originally
made in
Osnabruck,
Germany]
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[Council to Mr. Abraham Faw]
Sir. Being informed by Mr Randall that the Oznabrigs Shirts
sent from Frederick will not answer for the Soldiers, it will not be
proper to buy the 800 Ells you mention in yours of the 9th Inst.
Please to desist from having any more Shirts made up of the
Oznabs of the same Quality already sent and forward the Linen and
Shirts made up, to Capt Keeports at Baltimore, to remain under his
Care until he receives our Directions
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November
17
Liber C B
No. 23
p. 80
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Wednesday 17th November 1779 —
Present as on Yesterday. —
Ordered — That the western shore Treasurer pay to John Lambert
Wilmer Esqr Sixteen Pounds ten shillings for the use of Benjamin
Palmer due him per Account passed by the Depy Aud.
That the said Treasurer pay to John Green one hundred and
Ninty four Pounds, sixteen shillings and Eight pence due him per
Account passed by the Depy Aud. —
That the said Treasurer pay to Cornelius Mills Two hundred and
ten Pounds to be expended in the Purchase of Wood for the General
Assembly & to be accounted for. —
That the said Treasurer pay to John Fowler Fifty Pounds to be
delivered over to Mrs Fowler due her p Account passed by the
Depy Aud.
That Serjeant Welsh take into his Possession the Military Stores,
belonging to this State which were in the care of Captain Campbell,
and that he make application to Capt Campbell for the Key of the
Larboratory, and any others, which may be necessary for that
Purpose. —
Commissions issued to John Scott, William Bordley, Robert Max-
well, James Claypoole, William Henry, Jonathan Worth, Morgan
Hunt, Samuel Davis, Thomas Smyth Junr William Granger Jesse
Cosden, William Maxwell and Richard Miller appointed Justices of
the Peace and John Scott, William Bordley, James Claypoole William
Henry & Thomas Smyth Junr appointed Justices of the Orphans
Court for Kent County —
Upton Sheredine, William Beatty, Jacob Young, James Johnson,
William M. Beall, William Luckett Junr John Lawrence, Joseph
Wood Junr John McAlister, John Ross Key, William Winchester
Junr Philip Thomas, John Kleinhoof, Fielder Gaunt, George Scott
and William Magruder appd Justices of the Peace and Upton Shere-
dine, William Beatty, Philip Thomas, William M Beall and John
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