Letters to the Council. 47 ^l

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

May It Please Your Excellency I have Taken one Hundred
Blankets from M^r Hudson at his Price of £125 p^r peice he is Deter-
mined not to Take Less for the Remainder but says he will Wait
any Reasonable Time for the Payment if not Convenient at Present.
M^r Eavans who Engaged to make the Officers Buttons has Raised
his Price says he cannot Continue making for Less then Coat But-
tons at £22.. 10 and Jacket Buttons for £18 p^r Dozen
M^r John Dorsey has a Parcel of Baizes which he has promised to
Give you an Offer of
If there is any Osnaburgs Wanting for Overalls for Soldiers
There may be about 500 yds had here at 17 Dollars p^r y^d
I have Bo^l upwards of Eighty Pair of Neat Made Calf Skin Shoes
Very suitable for Officers. May the Officers that are on the Recruit-
ing Draw Shoes for their own Wear

April 14
Red Book
No. 30
Letter

No. 27

[John Page Com'r Kent Co., Swan Creek to Gov. Lee]
[Encloses account of flour and wheat purchased.]

April 15

[John Gibson Jr. Presidt Treasury to His Excellency
Thomas Sim Lee Esqr]

Sir We inclose you a State of the Tax Account of Maryland to
which we beg your Attention; we shall be careful to confine our
Reports for Warrants to the exact Amount, and as large sums are
due from the United States to the Inhabitants of the State, shall as far
as possible appropriate the Continental Taxes thereof within the
same, which we suppose will be both more convenient and more
agreeable. Cases may occur in which this Rule cannot be adhered
to but they will not be more frequent than is absolutely necessary.
The Drafts lately made, and those now making, are intended to
discharge as far as practicable, Debts, now owing from the Public,
as well as to keep the supplies from failing in the Interim till the
State Purchases take effect. The Resolution of Congress of the 18
of March ul^t will shew reason of including the Taxes of January and
February 1780
I have the Honor to be By order of the Board Your Excellencys
Most obedient and very humble Serv^t

April 15
Red Book
No. 7
Letter
No. 184

[William Smallwood, Charles County, to Governor Lee]
Sir This will be addressed by Serjeant MacLain, who has inlisted
four fine Fellows for Soldiers all Natives, who he carries up to An-
napolis to get cloathed & to obtain Blankets if possible for himself
and them, complaining he has been obliged to give four Dollars p^r

April 15
Brown
Book No. 2
Letter
No. 36