468 Journal and Correspondence.

Red Book
No. 26

In answer I am to Inform you that Only Twelve have bin pased
in this County.
A Muster Role of Which I have Inclosed. I was in hopes I should
have had Instructions from you relitive to Shipping Corn from
Senepuxent to the Armey, our Stores will soon be full.

April n
Red Book
No. 30
Letter
No. 23
(See
Liber C C
p.8i)

[Geo. p. Keeports Baltimore to His Excellency
Thomas Sim Lee Esqr]

May It Please your Excell^y Since my Letter of the 29^th I Received
Your Excell^ys Favour of the 27L^th Ins^t with an Order for Six thou-
sand pounds on the Colector of the Tax I Call'd on him for the money
and he Informs me that he will not have it in his Power to pay that
Sum in Less then three Weeks.
I am in the Greatest Need of money Imediately to pay the Bal-
lances due the Waggoners who are A Continual Plague to me and
for Purchasing shoes which may be Bought Cheaper then they Can
be made for here
There is not been any Alteration with the Military Stores under
my Care Since my Return of July 1779.

April II
Red Book
No. 18
Letter
No. 152

[Richd Ellis, Bohemia, Cecil County to Gov Lee]

Sir My Hastey departure from Annapolis, caused me to omit
applying to your Excellency for those Instructions that are necessary
for me, in the execution of my Office; there are some Difficult circum-
stances in the Surveyors business through its Various branches, in
which I am not able to Act in every Case, with Impunity. I know
that under the former Constitution there were Instructions care-
fully handed to the Several Surveyors of Counties, but whether such
instructions will ans. under the Present Constitution I am not a
Judge. However Your Excellencies & Council's instructions and
directions under the Present times, shall be the invariable Rule of
my conduct, with which, I humbly request you would take the early-
est opportunity of furnishing me by the Post, to be left at Elk, if
none other more favourable opportunity offers.

April ii

[Richard (Jurson, Baltimore, to Gov Lee]

[The Irish linen had been sold to Philadelphia. Will give notice,
if other goods come]

April 12

[Chas Pettit A. D. M. G^l Extract of a Circular letter]

The settlement of all the accounts of the Quarter Master's depart-
ment is a work of absolute necessity independant of these circum-
stances, which however afford additional reasons for urging it the
more speedily, I must therefore beg you will not fail to furnish me