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further depredations. We beg leave to assure your Excellency, and
the Honourable Council, that in making this application, we are
solely actuated by a sense of duty,

August 29

[Robt. T. Hooe, Alexandria to His Excellency Thomas Sim Lee]

S^r I received your Excellencys Letter of the 28^th and Communi-
cated it to Col^o fitzgerald, the only Gentleman in this town, who has
a Vessell in Port beside myself. He has a Brig. Pierced for Guns,
but they now lye on James River & cannot be got up, she is nearly
²/3^ds Loaded with Tobacco and has not yet her compliment of Men.
I have a Brig deep Laded with Tob^o not yet fully Manned, mounting
8 three Pounders & not well fitted for an engagement. This being
our situation both Col^o fitzgerald and myself are of opinion no assis-
tance can be afforded from hence for which we are extremely con-
cern'd too well knowing what has been and may be the consequence
of the Enemy being suffer'd to go unmolested in Chesepeake Bay.

August 29

[Geo P. Keeports, Baltimore, to Gov. Lee]

May It Please Your Excellency I Received your Letters of the
24^th & 25^th and Made Application to M^r William Smith for the 260
Shirts on the order of Madam Lee Mrs Smith Informed me that
the shirts were not vet Finished and would not be before the Latter
End of this Week She Informed me at the same Time that the
Ladys of the Town had passed a Resolve not to Deliver the Shirts
before they had sent them to Head Quarters She has Wrote Madam
Lee About the Matter.
M^r William Smith had Bo' 200 Ready made shirts for the Con-
tinental Service which he has Spared on Condition they are to be
Return'd Again when Wanting. M^r Isaac Griest did not Receive
The Letter you sent him (before Yesterday for Procuring Vessels
when he was Informed the Troops were Mostly Gone from An-
napolis he has a sore hand which makes him Incapable of Writ⁸
himself Desired I would Inform your Excell^y That he sent But one
Vessel and was Afraid that wou'd be too Late as his Letter was so
Long Comming. Inclosed is the Invoice of Cloathing I have Now
sent Directed to M^r John Muir) which is all the Ready made Cloath-
ing with the 200 Shirts I got of M^r Will^m Smith that I have Except
8 Bolts Ozna^bgs that was not made up and 20 Blankets which I Did
not send

August 29
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Letter

No. 5

[Tho. Richardson Georgetown to His Excellency
Thomas Sim Lee Esq^r]

Sir Your fav^r of 21^st came duly to hand with notes for 12 hh^ds
of Tobacco & some Blank Certificates & have sold 10 hh^ds of Tobacco
at the price limited which will enable me to make easy some of the
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August 30