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the State of Maryland, either by themselves or by their intercession
with the Congress will be pleased to effect it.
The other officer for whom I am to intreat your favours is Lieu-
tenant Colonel Forrest: This Gentleman is no more able to continue
his Services in his regiment, and his holding a Commission in it
precludes the appointment of another field officer, and throws all the
hardships of the duty upon the Major. I need not urge, Gentlemen,
how far the holding of Commissions by persons unable to discharge
the functions annexed to them, is prejudicial to the service; that
consideration, alone would be a sufficient inducement to any meas-
ures tending to remove such an inconvenience, were not the cir-
cumstances of those officers such as Strongly claim for the provisions
which I make bold to request to be made for them.
With the highest respect I am Honourable Gentlemen Your most
obedient and most humble Servant The Baron de Kalb, M. G: Com-
mand^r Maryland Division.

Brown
Book No. 7

[Jonas Hudson, Balto to Gov. Lee]

Dear Sir I have Rec^d your favour of the 12^th & duly Note its
Contents, Inclosed you have acc^t of three Hundred pieces Brittainas
atn^tff to £30165 Curr^y w^ch are all ready for your Orders, a Capt.
Beall call'd on me for Two pieces w^ch he said you ordered him to get
& hope will prove right. Inclosed you have his Rec^d I shall give M^r
Frank Luke an order on you for the am^t of this Acc^t w^ch you will
please honour & Supply him with Money as he may want it, being
what Occurs.

February 14

[John Strawbridge Collector of the Tax in Cecil County to
Gov. Lee]

May it please your Excellency Sir early in December I furnished
M^r Patrick Ewing purchasing Commissary in this County with
50,000 Dollars for which he has lately produced your Order. I have
likewise paid part of your order in fav^r of Col^o Henry Hollings-
worth the reason why I have not paid the exact Balance due from this
County arises altogether from the Commissioners being backward
in Settlement of the Publick Accounts. I have paid Col^o Hollings-
worth Eighty four Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds
which is as near the Amount as I would chuse to goe untill my
accounts are Settled by the Commissioners which I expect will be
in the Ensuing week, the Balance remains in my hands shall be
immediately Paid to the Treasurer for the Eastern Shore, wou'd
intreat your Excellency to Transmit to the Treasurer of the Eastern
shore and account how the publick Money has been disposed of in
this County that my settlement with him may not be delay'd which
will conclude me Your Excellencys Obedient Humble Serv^t

February 14