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Journal and Correspondence of the Council of Maryland, 1780-1781
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102 Journal and Correspondence

September
13

I flatter'd myself wth expectatn of being permitted to go for a
few days to my plantation; if I ed be allowed the Liberty I shd
consider it as a great obligatn tho' I wd not be understood to desire
any thing tht wd be improper

September
13

[John Steward Balt, to His Excellency Thos Sim Lee]

Sir I do myself the Honor to inclose you a letter which Mr
Leigh Masters who arrived here yesterday in a Flag of Truce from
New Providence of which he had the Command. I beg leave to
observe that it is contrary to practice of the Enemy to suffer our
Flags of Truce to refit in any Port in their possession; as there
was no older officer in this Place I have accommodated my Conduct
to their customs, in respect to Mr Masters, who has a number of
Acquaintances in this place of no very amiable discription I have
therefore ordered him to remain on board his Vessel and have
prohibited his communicating with any Person except through the
mediation of the commissary of Prisoners. Mr Hughs has no
British Prisoners here and thinks that it would be advisable if Yr
Excelly approves of it; to give him with his Vessel a Pass Port to
Virginia where he may obtain a number of Prisoners sufficient to
Exchange those which he brought :
Unless he obtains this pass Port and Prisoners he cannot with-
out the miraculous intervention of Providence Regain his Port as
he has with a force peculiar to himself brought but one man with
him to navigate a large Burmudian Sloop

September
15

[Jas Calhoun, Baltimore to His Excellency Govr. Lee]

Sir I am very sorry to find my success in purchasing has by no
means equal'd my expectation scare any wheat or flour has come
from the Country this week owing I believe to the busy season it
being the heighth of seed time, nor has any wheat come by water
I imagine it generally goes towards Elk & Bohemia where the price
is higher than with us the last that came here was bought up by
Mr Hollingsworth & sent to Elk & several of the Millers from Cecil
have been down here to purchase Wheat the price of flour at Philada
is £100 to f 112:10 pr Ct
Mr Mathews had secured what flour was in Town or in the
Mills contiguous before I had it in my power to buy any, his
purchases must amount to 5 or 600 Barrels at least part of which
is gone on to Elk.
The Country back of this abounds in grain and I am perswaded
could we wait until it came regularly to Market & was enabled to
pay the cash it might be got on good terms but am fearful to make
our present great necessities known or ride about to the Millers &
farmers in the Country will be a certain way to raise the price & not



 
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