150 Letters to the Governor and Council

March 26
Letter Book
No. 27
Letter 48

men in that City have requested I wou'd endeavour to have him liber-
ated, & as he is willing to take the proper Oaths, I am in hopes your
Excellency will order the poor Man his release

March 26

[Leigh Masters, Baltimore To His Excell^y The Governor & The
Hon^ble Council.]

I hope Your Excellence & y^l Hon^ble Council will excuse me giving
this trouble to beg you will allow me to go back to New Providence.
I have this day been with Gen^l Guist imagining he had power to
allow me to sail but he said he thought it was out of y^l Line of his
province So recommended me to write to Your Honours. I there-
fore beg you will be so good to take my case into Consideration
which I hope you will think me impertinent in saying is hard & pecu-
liarly so as I am under the necessity of returning before next March
to save my Estate which inclines me to hope you will allow me to sail
without any further delay & Your Honours will greatly oblige.

March 26
Red Book
No. 7
Letter 173

[Richard Peters, War Office, to Gov. Lee.]

Since the Resolution of Congress relative to the removal of the
Convention Troops they have been pleased to refer the matter to this
Board to Take Orders and we have given the enclosed Instructions
to Col. Wood who has the Superintendance of those Troops and he is
gone forward to put these orders in Execution which are expressive
of the sense of Congress on the Subject. The Instructions will ex-
plain themselves and the present Circumstances of Affairs make the
measures therein directed absolutely necessary. We therefore hope
for the Concurrence and Assistance of your Excellency and the
Honorable Council in carrying them into effect. (See page 145)

March 26
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 47

[Thos. Sprigg, Co. Lt, Eliz^th Town, to Gov. Lee.]

Inclosed is a return of two Companies of Select Militia in Wash-
ington, Your Excellency will please inform me by Capt. Ott if any
more men may be added to these Companies provided they should
offer.
I have also sent an Acc^t of two recruits passed under an Act of
June Session " to procure recruits to Compleat the Battalions of this
State &c " they are now on duty at Fort Frederick & may be march'd
with the recruits now raising in this County in which business we are
tolerably successful
We wish to have the person here who is to take charge of & pro-
vide Necessaries for our recruits
NB The vacancy which John Kyger fills in the I^st Comp^y of the
second Battalion of Militia in this County happened by L^t George
Sharar resigning.