142 Journal and Correspondence

October 9

Power to make out and deliver to the Sheriff the Executions for
recovering the 15 p Cent so soon as the Act of Assembly required.
M^r Gray, who will deliver you this, can inform you why the money
hasn't been collected since he rec^d the Executions. I have received
upwards of two thousand pounds. 1500 of which was paid for a
Recruit, and some of the rest for removing the Arms from the lower
part of the County, and sending a Deserter to Ann^s but that none of
it has been applied in procuring Provision I believe a considerable
part will be, as soon as the Sheriff can begin upon his Collection

October 10

[V. & P. French and Nephew, Bordeaux to Gov Lee]

Sir Though we have not the honor of being known to your Ex-
cellency we take the freedom of addressing to you under the auspices
& at the desire of our old most pticulard friend & Correspon^d M^r
Stephen Steward, West river, relative to a bill of Exchange N^o I
drawn by your State on Mess^rs Osgood Hanbury, Silvanus Grove
& James Russell State Agents in London for. £1500 stl. Pursuant;
to our friend M^r Steward's directions we got it presented as quick
as possible by very p'ticulard friends of ours in London Mess^rs
French & Hobson, & wrote ourselves at same time to the above three
Gentlemen who unanimously refused accepting & accordingly we
now inclose you the Protest, their answer to our letters we have in
Cource forwarded to his Excellency Benjⁿ Franklin Esq^r to whom
we also had the honor of Corresponding on the occasion, as well as
with W^m Carmichael Esq^r & the other Trustees, in short your Excel-
lency may depend th^t we spared no pains in our power in order to
procure payment for said bill, as we sho'd most Certainly have had
great pleasure in giving you the utmost satisfaction in the manage-
ment of y^r business & Convincing your Excellency the great atten-
tion we shall pay in executing my orders confided to our Care by
you & the members of the State we hold ourselves p'ticularly obliged
to our good friend M^r Steward for having procured an opportunity
of addressing to you

October to
Red Book
No. 30
Letter

No. 4

[Geo. P. Keeports, Baltimore, to Gov Lee]
May It Please Your Excell^y I Received your Two Letters of the
7^th Instant By Capt Carlisle with £62.. 10. New Omission I Pre-
sented The Order you Inclosed me to M^r William Smith who In-
forms me he sent all the Linnen and Shirts he had purchased off for
Philad^a By The Last Packett. He has Desired some person to Pur-
chase Linnen for him in Virginia he says the First he Can Get he
will Deliver me

October 10
Red Book

No. 5
Letter
No. 87

[Geo Plater, & J. Henry Philadelphia to Hon John H. Stone Esqr.
Annapolis]

Dear Sir We had the Honor of your favour by the last post. The
Act of the State of Pennsylvania for prohibiting the importation