386 Journal and Correspondence.

Red Book
No. 22

& expence. The common freight from the W. Indies is 20 to 25 p
Cent on Wet goods And Ten to 12^ on dry goods
It will always give me pleasure to render you every assistance
& information in my power.
p. S. As I dont know to whom to apply you'll oblige me by direct-
ing an acco^l of bhot del^d Capt. Harrison for the Defence, to be scut
me by the first opp^y
Since writing the above I have seen a Capt. Taylor from the Cape
which left the latter end of October & says flour at times was down
two & a half Jo^s owing to several Ships having arrived from old
france

December
15
Red Book
No. 20
Letter
No. 191

[Geo p. Keeports, Baltimore to His Excelly Thomas Sim Lee Esqr.
pr. Thos. Morfit]

May It Please your Excell^y Inclosed you have an Inventory of
Cloths Col^o Jn^o Dorsey & W^m Hammond have, the Quality is Good
and they Come Cheap as Goods Now Sell. There is Two men from
Philad^a About Purchasing them they will Take them at the Prices
Sett on them If they are not Purchased for the State Col^o Dorsey
and Hammond Express a Desire this State shou'd have them in
Preference to any Person and have Engaged not to Part with them
untill I Hear from Your Excell^y About them which they Expect
will not be Longer then to morrow Evening or Early the day Fol-
lowing
I Received your Letter of the 1 I^th Ins^t Yesterday Desiring me to
Look at some Cloths M^r Chase Infor^d you of which are the Cloths
Above mentioned
I Wrote you the 12^th by Serg^t Neary and Inclosed you Some
Samples of Cloths Col^o Dorsey has a Small Invoice of About 400
yds but not Receiving an Answer In Time and Thinking them a
Bargain have Bo^t them on Condition your Excellency Approves
of the Purchase. There is not any Blanketts to be had Excepting
those at£ii2:io I mentioned in my Former Letter Linnen of the
Quallity Suitable for Shirts is Very Scarce not any to be had at
Present not any Word from M^r Faw as yet. Your Excell^y will
Please to Favour me with an Answer and Instructions how to Pro-
ceed in Regard to the Purchases above mentioned by the Barer
hereof (Thomas Morfit) whom I have Hired on Purpose to Wait on

December
16
Brown
Book I
No. 25
See
Liber C C

No. 22

p. 48

your Excellency with this Letter
I am your Excell^ys m^o Obed^t Hb^le Serv^t

[George Washington Headquarters, Morristown, to Gov. Lee]

Sir The situation of the army with respect to supplies is beyond
description alarming. It has been five or six weeks past on half