414 Journal and Correspondence.

February 2

a Bbl. to be got in the Neighbourhood I therefore beg your Excel-
lency will Give orders for the Restoration of the Corn
p. S. Inclosed is M^r Spear's Certificate Respecting the corn.
I do Certify whom it may Concern that I sent a Craft under the
Command of Charles Allen Down the Bay to purchase Corn for M^r
John Weston, he returned and said that he Lay in pocomoak River,
and that the inhabitants of Virginia brought Corn which he Bot. and
proceeded to Baltimore, where the Corn was Landed and partly De-
livered to M^r Weston ab^t 300 Bushels still Remains in my warehouse
which the Commiss" for procuring flour for the army says they
have seized and forbids him to take it away,
feb^ 1^st 1780. W^m Spear.

February a
Red Book
No. 32
Letter
No. 23

[Abraham Faw, Frederick Town to His Excellency
Thomas Sim Lee]

Sir It has Been Reported that full Suits of Cloathing are to be sent
up here, to be Issued to the Recruits, for which I am Frequently
Call'd on by the Officers, they Alledge it would be an Inducement
to many to Enlist seeing those well Clad who had Enter'd, if there
is such an Order Please advise me of it. I Continue to Issue to them,
Hatts, Shirts Stockings & Shoes, I have sent to Baltimore, all the
Cloathing I have Purchased Except some Hatts and Stockings
which are Engaged and not yet Delivered, the Price of Linen is so
much Advanced that I think it too High to Buy any more it not
being to be had under 26 or 28 Dollars p yard.
I am Sir Respectably Your Obd^l Humble Serv^t

February 3

[Job Garrettson, Baltimore, to Gov. Lee]
[Wishes to be appointed Sheriff and is endorsed by Mark Alexander]

February 3

[Peregrine Tilghman, Talbot County to His Excellency
Thomas Sim Lee Esqr]

Sir An Oppertunity offering by Col^l Lloyd elk I give you the
Quantity of Wheat, Flour & Corn which 'tis probable will be fur-
nished from this County in Consequence of the Act passed for the im-
mediate supply of the army. Perhaps 'twill be expected & with Pro-
priety too that a Regular Return before this should have been made,
but the extreme severity of the Weather added to many difficulties
attending the execution of the Law will in some Measure excuse us.
A contract having been made (just before or about the time of the
Passage of the Bill) for a considerable Part of the Wheat in this
County at £20 p Bushell, Obliged us to call in Person to fix the
Price of Wheat wherever we found Any, every One's expectations
being raised at least to that Price. The Purchases by the Public &
other buyers haveing been very generally made to give some certain