170 Journal and Correspondence

Liber C B
No. 23
May 10

Wednesday 10^th May 1780.

Present as on Yesterday.
Ordered That the Commissary of Stores Deliver to Lieut John
Lynn of the 6^th Reg^t Trimmings for a Coat, 1 piece Brittanies and
2 pair of Stockings in part of the Articles all^d by the General
Assembly.
That the said Com^y deliver to John Penny a Recruit for 2^d Reg^t
a Suit of Cloaths the Bounty all^d by the Act of Assembly.

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Commission of Letter of Marque and Reprisal issued to Martin
Parkinson Commander of the Sloop Jane 40 Tons burthen, navi-
gated by 25 Men mounting 6 Carriage Guns and 12 small Arms be-
longing to Oneal Deakins &C^o of Maryland.
Ordered that the western shore Treasurer pay to Capt. Joseph
Smith of Col^o Gist's Regim^t one hundred and Twenty one Pounds,
fifteen shillings due him p Ace. passed by the D. Aud.
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt. Edward Oldham of the 4^th
Regim^t five hundred Dollars in part of the three thousand Dollars
allowed to the Officers by the General Assembly to bear their Ex-
penses on their March to the Southward.
That the said Treasurer pay to Peter Blake, five thousand Pounds
to be delivered over to Jonathan Hudson Esquire in part of an order
drawn by Capt. George Keeports the 5^th Instant for thirty thousand
Pounds for Blankets Purchased of M^r Hudson by order of the
Gov^r & C^o
That the said Treasurer pay to Capt. John Gassaway one hundred
Dollars for enlisting John Penny a Recruit for the second Regim^t
That John Shaw Armourer deliver to Col^o Uriah Forrest 40!
Cannon Powder and 3} of the best glaized Powder for the Trans-
ports carrying Troops to Virginia to be charged to the Continent
Cannon @ £13 and glaized Powder at £15 p t.
That John Crisall Issuing Commissary deliver to Catharine Tis-
dale and Mary Sullivane Soldiers wives of the 7^th Regim^t each 3
Days Rations.

Permission given to Mrs. Jane Stewart to solicit leave of his
Excellency Gen^l Washington or the commanding Officer at the Out
Posts of the American Army to go into the City of New York with
three of her Children and their Nurse Elizabeth Jackson, not to re-
turn into this State during the Present War with Britain without
leave from the Governor and Council first had and obtained. And
Permission is likewise Given Major William Brogden who has given
the most unequivocal Evidence of his Attachment to America, to
Attend M^rs Stewart as far as the American Lines.
Pardon granted to Joseph Pherill convicted in Montgomery
County Court for a Rape on Condition that he forthwith Inlist him-