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By the Governor and Council, January 17, 1749.
Ordered, That the Honourable Col. Charles Hammond, Treas-
urer of the Western Shore, send to the Executors of Mr. Joseph
Adams, late Merchant in London, for the following Arms and
Ammunition :
15 Great Guns, Four Pounders, double fortified, of the new
Model;
12 Drums, and 12 Pair of Sticks;
12 Trumpets, and Mouth pieces to each Trumpet;
A black and yellow Flag ;
20 Half-Barrels of best Gunpowder ;
30 Carbines, with Bayonets and Slings;
30 Muskets, with the best Locks.
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 47
May 14
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And it is likewise Ordered, That he direct the said Executors to
charge the Amount thereof to the Duty of Three Pence per Hogs-
head for Arms, lodged by him in the Hands of the said Mr. Adams ;
and also to the same Fund, transmitted by him to the said Executors,
since the Death of the aforementioned Mr. Adams.
Signed per Order, J. Ross, Cl. Coun.
This is a true Copy of the Governor and Council's Order to me ;
by Virtue of which Order, I have writ to the Executors of Mr.
Adams for the Arms and Ammunition abovementioned.
Cha. Hammond, Treasurer Western Shore of Maryland.
The following Orders to be deducted likewise :
1749. To the Governor and Council's Order, paid
John Raitt. —— ——— ——— 30 0 0
To the Governor and Council's Order, paid
Henry Walls, Armourer, — — ——— 25 0 0
£. 55 0 0
Memorandum.
What Money have received of the Naval Officers, on Account of
the Three Pence per Arms, by Virtue of the Act made in 1747; as
follows :
By George Plater, Esq; Naval Officer of Patuxent,
for his Account to September 29, 1748, —— 75 76
By Col. Benjamin Tasker, Naval Officer of Annapo-
lis, for his Account to September 29, 1748, —— 127 10 7
By Richard Lee, Esq; Naval Officer of Potowmack,
for his Account to September 29, 1748, —— 97 10 5
300 8 6
Treasurer's Salary deducted, at Two and a half per
Cent, —— —— —— —— 7 10 3
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