Letters to the Council. 515

& Council should want done here, shall always be ready to do my
part. I Return you many thanks for the favourable Letter you wrote
M^r Blain in respect to myself

June 15

[Jno. Thomas West River to His Excellency Thomas Sim Lee Esqr]

Agreable to the Direction of your Excellency & the Council I
have applied to such Persons as I thought could & would lend Money
to the State on the present emergent Occasion, but have been so
unfortunate as not to be able to procure a Shilling, not that there
was any unwillingness to lend, but I beleive from a real Scarcity of
Money among us.
I should have done myself the Honour of making my Return
blank as it is, in Person, but am prevented by Indisposition

June 15

[And. Buchanan, Balt. County to His Excelly Thos Sim Lee Esqr]

Sir Inclos'd is Acc^t Against the State for which I shou'd be Glad
to receive Certif^ts for as mentioned in the Acc^t I have taken some
Pains to borrow money for the State but have not been able to
get any

June 15

[Sam Huntington President, Philadelphia to His Excellency the
Governor Lee]

(Circular) Sir Congress repeat their applications to your State.
They would willingly hope that their former representations have
not been ineffectual and that the States are pursuing measures to
enable our armies to take the field with a force superior to that of
the enemy and with such ample supplies of provision as will not only
maintain them in plenty but enable the commander in chief if neces-
sary on any extraordinary occasion to avail himself of the aid of
the Militia. But upon these hopes Congress dare not rely, every
moment presses. It is necessary they should have the most explicit
assurances not only that their requisitions will be compiled with but
that such compliance will be as immediate as the public wants are
urgent. The letters from our committee at head quarters to you
state those wants without exaggeration They State some facts and
leave to your judgments to supply others, which it would have been
improper to commit to paper. The object of this address is only to
enforce their requests and to entreat you not to repose your safety
upon the spirit and vigilance of others while any means within your
own power are left untried. The present occasion calls for the united
force of America. It gives us great consolation that notwithstanding
the difficulties in which we are involved, the resources of the States
if speedily applied are sufficient to releive us from them.
Every State in the Union is bound by the strongest obligations to
afford us their aid and we trust that at this critical emergency no

June 15
Red Book
No. 7
Letter

No. 47