184 Journal and Correspondence

November

14
Brown Book

No.3

Letter No.32

An Estimate of Men to be raised by the State of Maryland to
compleat their quota of Troops agreeable to the Establishment made

by Congress 21 Oct. 1780

5 Regiments 612 privates
45 Serjeants each is
20 D^s & Fifes

3060 privates
225 Serjeants
100 D^s & Fifes

677

Troops now in Service, viz
In the Field as p last return

3385 Total

781 Privates
67 Serj^ts
62 D^s & F.

Forwarded to Camp since last Return
Recruiting Service 25 Serj^ts
13 D^s & F.
23 priv^ts
Wanting to compleat exclusive of the State
Regiment

910
82

61

1053 Total
2332

Total of the State Reg^t as p Col^o Smiths Retⁿ

381

Wanting to compleat Including The State
Regiment
M. Gist B G.

1951

Ann 14 Nov. 1780

November
IS

[H. Hollingsworth, Head of Elk, to His Excellency, the Governor
in Council]

Gentlemen I wrote you yesterday by Express regarding the
Horses and Cattle which are now Suffering at this post, and as I
am detained here untill something is done with them and Jiles is at
leasure I have thought it the most usefull duty he can go upon to
wait on you for an answer to my letters of yesterday, and to inform
your Excellency and Honors that I am this morning under the dis-
agreeable necessity of Bartering off some of the Cattle for Hay to
feed the remainder, and of advertiseing the Horses for Public Sale
without your leave, though I flatter myself of obtaining it as nothing
better can be clone with them, my Forage being all Exhausted, and
none other to be procured. Col^o Yeates has made a formial demand
of the public Stables, (this should I be censured for, must Submit
to it) as I have no other alternative, but that or Starve the Horses
£ Cattle,
pray Gentlemen give me your directions fully by the return of
Jiles who waits on you for this only, shall do myself the honour of