534 Journal and Correspondence.

Red Book
No. 30
No Date

[Elizabeth Halley To His Excellency Thomas Sim Lee Esquire
Governor of Maryland and To His Honourable Council.]

The Humble Petition of Elizabeth Haley of the City of Annapolis
Wife of Caleb Haley a Soldier in the service of this State and now
on duty at the American Camp Humbl Sheweth That Your Peti-
tioner is in very poor and low circumstances and out of all manner
of employ by means whereof she is entirely incapable of providing
herself with the real necessarys of life.
That your Petitioner's Husband has already served in three Cam-
paigns and Your Petitioner hath never hitherto received the least
public support.
In consideration whereof Your Petitioner humbly prays your
Excellency and Honours to order rations to be allowed her until
she can otherways be enabled to support herself and to grant her such
further and other relief as her case requires

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[Dorthy Hedrington To His Excellency Thomas Simm Lee Esquire
Governor of Maryland and To His Honourable Council]

The Memorial and Petition of Dorothy Hedrington of the City of
Annapolis Widow Sheweth That Your Memorialist is a Native of
Great Britain where her Friends now reside and her Interest is
deposited and having no connections in any part of the United States
of America is anxious to return to her native Country by the way
of New York but as she cannot possibly travel there, through the
United States or cross the lines without a regular Passport
Your Memorialist humbly prays Your Excellency and Honours to
grant her a passport by virtue whereof she may be enabled to travel
thro' the United States to the City of New York and cross the lines
without the least stop or impediment from the Military or Civil
Powers of any of the States through which she may happen to pass
or travel.

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[H. Hollingsworth To His Excellency the Governor and the
Honorable Council of the State of Maryland]

The Memorial of Henry Hollingsworth Humbly Sheweth, that
your Memoralist was appointed by your Excellency and Honors in
the year 1779 to Borrow money on Loan office Certifycates in behalf
of the State, and did obtain the three sums of money as p^r the
account attending this Memorial, amounting to six thousand nine
Hundred and two pounds fifteen shillings, which sums, ware Re-
ceated for by your Memorialist according to the instructions given
him, and which moneys from necessity ware immediately apply'd
to the uses of this and the United States, a report made thereon
as soon as convenient to your Excellency and Honors, and Credit