446 Journal and Correspondence.

Brown
Book No. 2

Recruiting Service & I wou'd beg leave to recommend in the
strongest Terms that Supplies of Cloathing might generally be
furnished to the Recruiting Offices as nothing wou'd contribute
more essentially to promote that Service than cloathing their Re-
cruits upon their Inlistment

March g

[Van Swearingen, Fred County to Gov. Lee & Council]

I send your Exlency and Counsil an account of the Grain Bought
for the use of the Contenental armey agreabel to the act of assem-
bley one hundred Bushels of wheat seventy four Bushels of Rye
twelve hundred and seventy one Bushels of Corn

March g

[George Dashiell, Somerset County, to Gov. Lee]

Sir I am this moment informed that my Brother lieves home to-
morrow for Annapolis, and I embrace the oppertunity (which is the
first I have had since the receipt of yours) to Acquaint you that I
have purchased About Eighteen Hundred bushels of Corn for the
State, at the Price of Twenty dollars p bushel. The quantity pur-
chased by the Other commissioners in this county I am unacquainted
with. I am Apprehensive their is Corn in the County yet to dispose
of. But am sensible if obtained, must be by seisure, which was not
in my power to do within the time required to inform you of the
purchase, And have postposed it, until I am instructed wheather
the Quantity Already procured is Sufficient.
Col Jo. Dashiell says he was told by M^r Polk that he had obtained
ab^t 1200 bush^l & M^r Jackson 500 bu^s Corn

March 10

[Benj Kirby's Deposition before Ja. Brice, Ald'n]

After acting for some time as Surgeon on board the Chester
Galley, I left her, I went to sea. I left my medicine Chest, a quantity
of Bottles & some medicines on board s^d Gaily, & During my absence
M^r James Sullivan then a Lieutenant on board s^d Galley) sold my
Chest &^ca above mention'd to Commodore Grason Esquire for the
use of the State of Maryland, for the price of 30 Dollars without my
Knowledge, or any order Verbal or written from me
Benj Kirby makes oath on the Holy Evangels of Almighty God
that the Chest & Bottles &^ca above mentioned & now in possession of
Tho^s Grason Esq^r is his (the s^d Kirby's property) & that he never
gave James Sullivan any order to dispose of the same to the best of
his knowledge

March 10
Brown
Book No. I
Letter
No. 30

[George Washington Head Qrs. to His Excelly Gov. Lee]

Sir Since I had the Honor of writing to Your Excellency on the
20^th Ult^o I have obtained Returns of some Corps, which I had not
then. I find there are in Moylan's Regiment of Light Dragoons a