of the Council of Maryland. 547

mouth are not destined against this State, we would not have the
Stores removed until you hear further from us, or have a certain
Account of the Approach of the Enemy but wish you to have them
in Readiness to remove at the shortest Notice to the Place we must
leave to you as you are much better acquainted with the County than
we are, agreeably to your request we have sent you 75of . We request
you to purchase and send forward four Hogsheads of Tafifier or
Brandy, two Hogsheads of West Indian Rum.

August 6
Liber No.- -78
p. 238

[Council to Nathaniel Ramsey, Esqr.]

We have at your Solicitation reconsidered the Terms upon which
Whetstone Point is to be disposed of, and cannot concur with you in
Opinion that any bad Effects will result from our not altering them.

Ibid.

You must be sensible it was the Intention of the Assembly to sell
that Property for the Purpose of procuring a Sum of hard Money
according to their Engagement for the Officers and Soldiers. The
reasons which induced us to fix and still adhere to the Terms of Sale
published that no other Money besides Specie will answer the Pur-
poses of the Officers and Soldiers of our Line in the Southern Army
and going thither that we have engaged to send the Specie to them
as soon as we can possibly obtain it, and that we would not appropriate
what came in to any other Purpose, until they were supplied with
what the Assembly have allowed, that Whetstone would be sold for
Specie only and that we have no Prospect of acquiring a Sum soon by
any other Means, many more reasons that occur to us could be
assigned if it was necessary; in disposing of this Property you will be
governed by your own Discretion having an Eye to the Necessities of
the Officers and Men and we are convinced the Public will not suffer.
We have sent you an Extract of a Letter from M^r Lee from whence
we are led to conclude that M^r Washington will have no objection to
sell his Part, the States answering his Proportion of the Money, as it
was the Intention of his father that his Interest should be sold, if
you dont think you are authorised to sell his Part, it will be proper
to have it laid off in the same Manner M^r Russel's was

p. 239

[Council to Mr. Job Garretson.]

We have received your Letter of the 4^th Current and Henry Oran's
Petition, upon seeing the Man his Age, and Description and consider-
ing his indigent Circumstances and numerous helpless Family, we
cannot help viewing the Fine laid on him as oppressive. The Letter
we wrote you on the 2^d Aug' relative to Thomas Burgin was on a
similar Subject. We therein acknowledged our want of power tc
relieve the Man but requested you to suspend levying the Fine until
he had an opportunity of laying his Case before the next Assembly.
We wrote the same request of Suspension for this Man Henry Oran

Ibid.