of the Council of Maryland. 217

[Council to Col. Henry Hollingsworth.]

Enclosed you have a Copy of our Letter of the 14^th Ins^t since
which we have determined to save the Expence and Trouble of
bringing to this Place, the Horses and Waggons which are unfit for
the Purpose for which they were purchased to have them sold where
they are, and request of you to inspect the Horses and Waggons
purchased and received from the Non-jurors, and those Horses and
Waggons that are unfit for the Service, you will immediately dis-
pose of, and such as are fit for the Service you will forward imme-
diately to this Place. Such of the Waggons as are, at present, unfit
and which may be made sufficient at a little Expence, had better be
repaired and forwarded. You will make a Return of the Horses
and Waggons condemned and of whom received. We have wrote
Col^o Yeates concerning the Cattle and would have you make him a
Tender of them, should he again refuse to receive them, you will
immediately inform us. We have sent by Giles £50 in the new Emis-
sion of this State and £150 Continental Money.

November
18
Liber No. 78

p. 2

Sunday 19 November 1780

Ordered That the western shore Treasurer pay to John Wilmot
Three hundred Pounds on account and also the further sum of six
Pounds, fifteen shillings and nine pence of the new Emission in lieu
of Two hundred and seventy one Pounds ten shillings due per Ac-
count passed by the Aud. Gen^l
Ordered That the western shore Treasurer pay to Thomas Giles
one hundred and fifty Pounds Continental and Fifty Pounds of the
new Emission to be delivered over to Col^o Henry Hollingsworth
on Account.
That the said Treasurer pay to Thomas Johnson jun^r one hun-
dred and eighty Pounds for forty eight pounds of Tallow purchased
of Wells and Bash for the use of the State Boats Dolphin and
Plater and also the further sum of Seventy three Pounds two shil-
lings and six pence advanced by him to an Express going to the
Calvert Militia when the Enemy were up Patuxent.

November
19
Liber C. B.
No. 24

P- 2

P- 3

[Council to Commodore James Tibbet]

The Fleet under your Command, consisting of the Brig Cato,
Schooner Nautilus, and the two State Boats, are to cruise down the
Bay, to protect the Trade of the State and defend the Inhabitants
thereof, most exposed to the Depredations of the Enemy. As the
Continuance of the Cruise, and the Manner of conducting your
Operations against the Enemy must depend on Events or Circum-
stances that cannot possibly be foreseen, you must be governed
therein by your own Judgment and Discretion. Should the Enemy
appear to be standing up the Bay in Force, you are to dispatch one

November
19
Liber No. 78
p. 2