152 Journal and Correspondence

October 18

I had money I have not Rec^d any money from the Collector as yet
five thousand five hundred & fifty Pounds is the Cost of three horses
with the waggon & gears I have had them all Shod and Ready for
service should be glad to know where to send them furnish me with
money and will Engage to buy any Number of horses and waggons
without there none to be had.

October 18

[Henry Hooper, Dorset Co^ty to His Excellency the Governor
in Council]

Sir On the 26^th of July last I transmitted to your Board a List
of all the Recruits raised and Deserters taken up at that time in this
County in Virtue of an Act passed the last Session I have since ap-
pointed recruiting Officers in each Hundred to procure Recruits for
such Classes as had failed in getting Substitutes at the time limited
by the Act but without any Success there not being a Single recruit
enlisted by any of them to this time.
I have advertised agreable to your Excellencys Order in Council
of the 2i^st August in order to inform the persons who compose
those Classes which have neglected to find Recruits and for which
no Recruits can be obtained that they might discharge the 15 p^r Cent
in wheat at 60 dollars p^r bushell and have just now called on the
Commissary of this County who informs me that there has been no
wheat offered to him by any of them.
The whole of the Class money which I have received amounts to
£16..15..0. I rec^d your Excellencys Order some time ago to transmit
you an acc^o of the Arms Ammunition and Accoutrements in this
County belonging to the State. It is realy out of my power to make
this return at present, The Depredations of the Enemy in several
parts of this County have occasioned so many Calls upon me for
Arms and Ammunition and of course such a Distribution of them,
that I cannot ascertain the Quantity we have but believe it to be
the Quantity return^d in a List to the late Gov^r Johnson in Council,
except 12 or 14 muskets ab' 50^tt gun powder, some Lead Cartridge
boxes and Canteens which were since consumed by fire in the Maga-
zine at New Market; what arms we have are in good repair but from
the Situation of this County we are realy in want of two or three
hundred Stand more and some Lead

October 19

[Nath'l Potter to Gov. Lee]

Sir Inclosed you will Receive an account of the Little wheat I

have Collected for Assesments and on purchase I am sorry to inform
you that it has not been in my power To Collect more as the people
in General will not trust the publick and when you Sent money for
the purpose of Purchasing beef it happened to be of the Emission