144 Journal and Correspondence

October 13

bad order, very Breachey suppos'd to be the very Pick of the State
for Roguery, I have endeavoured to get them Pastured to no pur-
pose, no person will take them and be accountable for them, I have
pastured them myself untill they have broke into my neighbours and
my own Cornfields, and done much Damage, which I am Obliged to
pay for on account of the state, and can no longer trust them out
of the Stable, even in the day time, as my pastures are all eaten up,
and almost all my Hay, I must intreat therefore that I receive some
instructions regarding them, so that I may get Rid of them, and
would advise the selling them, as few of them will ever be fit for
service, and the Forage they have already consumed is very consid-
erable, and in a short time will be worth more than the Horses,
have inclosed extract of a letter from the A. Q Master General to
Colo. Forrest regarding the certificates, which I apprehend will be
a very sufficient Excuse for my Issuing them, shall bring down the
Original with me when I come, which shall be as soon after the
Assembly sits as in my power ;

October 13
Red Book
No.26
Letter
No. 55

[T. Donellan Baltimore to Gov Lee]

S^r I have your commands of the 12^th Inst. To forward all the
Flour in my Possession to the Head of Elk w^ch shall be diligently at-
tended to, but as you make no distinction, must beg to be Instructed
whether or no I must send that which has been or may be Condemned
by the Inspector on acco^t of its being sour & musty.

October 14

[V. & P. French & Nephew, Bordeaux, to His Excellency
Gover^r 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 Aus-
pices & at the desire of our old most p'ticular friend & Correspon-
dant M^r Stephen Steward, West-river, relative to a bill of Exch^ge
N^o 1. drawn by your State on Mess^rs Osgood Hanbury, Silvanus
Grove, & James Russell, state agents in London for £1500. Pursuant
to our friend M^r Steward's directions we got it presented as quick
as possible by very perticular friends of our's in London, Mess"
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 Benjamin 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 y^r
Excellency 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 this business, & Convincing y^r Excellency the great atten-
tion we shall pay in Executing any orders confided to our care by