Letters to the Council. 501

[John Gibson Jr. Presidt. Treasury Office, Philada to Gov Lee]

Sir In Consequence of your Excellencys Request to the President
of Congress, in your Letter of the 18^th Ins^t the Board of Treasury,
have ordered into the Hands of M^r Thomas Harwood, the Commis-
sioner of the Continental Loan office in your State Bills of Exchange
on Spain the Honble John Jay, the Minister of the United States
at the Court of Spain; to be delivered to M^r Davidson, in Payment
of the Money advanced by him on the public Account.

May 24
Red Book
No. 7
Letter
No. 182

[John Smith Brookes, Upper Marlbro, to The Honb^le The
Governor & Council]

Gentlemen By order of Thomas Richardson Esquire I have
directed the Bearer Capt. William Jackson to deliver you 40 barrels
of Pork, an Invoice whereof you have enclosed, together with a
duplicate, the latter you will please to return with a receipt thereon
The freight you have to ascertain and pay to the Captain.

May 25

[Dan'l Jenifer, Portobacco, to Gov. Lee]

Sir When I last addressed your Excellency on the Subject of Jos-
eph Thompson and Jane his wife, who stood committed to Charles
County Jail on suspicion of having Robbed Thomas Reeder of this
place of a considerable sum of money and a watch, I omitted trans-
mitting to your Excellency copies of the Committiters which are now
enclosed. As the Evidence is by no means conclusive Reeder is willing
to release them, and Thompson having Inlisted as a Soldier during
the War, will I hope be a sufP inducement to your Excellencys grant-
ing a Noli prosequi especially as he has actually Marched. The Man
that was wounded by the officer to whom you granted a Noli pro :
is perfectly recovered and gone on with the troops.
Charles County ss. Whereas complaint hath been made to me upon
Oath of Thomas Reeder, that he had in the night time some time in
January last, his house entered his desk broke open, and a silver
Watch stolen thereout, with the follow⁸ Marke. a carved case, a
flower pot engraved on the Back, makers name John Bar (Port
Glasgow N^o 39 Stampt on the inside of the inner case with F. B but
altered and made into T. R) also sundry papers, and a quantity of
continental money, and that he hath reason to suspect a certain
Joseph Thompson (Drummer) These are therefore to Require you
forthwith to bring the said Joseph Thompson before me or some
other Magistrate of the County afs^d to be dealt with as the Law
directs, hereof you are not to fail at your peril. Given under my hand
and Seal this 13^th day of April 1780 Dan^l Jenifer [Seal]
To M^r John Harris Serjeant constable especially app^d upon this
occasion

May 26