206 Letters to the Governor and Council

April 24
Red Book
No. 27
Letter 72

[Thos Scott, Mr. of His Maj's Sloop Hope, to Gov. Lee.]

I Beg leve to memoorall your Excelency and the Honerable Coun-
cill of Annapolis in behalfe of my selfe and the rest of the prisoners
of war Now in your Gole and as there is a number of prisoners ent^d
the ships belonging to this State and Likewise at Porthmouth suffer-
ing the same fate by being kept from theare Houses as the ships are
up the bay. I Emmagin wold be easey to Negotiate an Exchange by
flagg as they come Down I beleve there is privates anough^t on b^d the
ship to Exchange what is heare and if your Honorable Counsell think
fitt to propose mee for Captⁿ Midleton I Dont Dout but itt will be
Excepted and if not wo^ld Esteeme itt as the Greatest favour if you
wo^ld Lett a flagg Goe on b^d and Gett us our Cloathes as wee are in the
Greatest Destress for want of Linens to Shift ourselves with

April 24

[John Voorhees, C. P., George Town, to The Honorable
Matthew Tilghman]

Agreeable to order you have incloS^td a return of the Provision
collected in this County. The Wheat is now Manufact^g & will soon
be ready, if there is no delay for the want of barrels, and nothing
will procure them but the ready Money, w^ch I am quite run out off
Money will also be wanted for the removal of the Stores without
money nothing can be done, we have no C^r you will (I have no doubt)
see the Proprietay of Furnishing money, a draft on the Collector of
this County for £200 Specie or the Value in paper will pay y^r Grind-
ing, & other Expences, at least will ennable me to execute your future
Orders.

Return of Provisions by John Voorhees C. P. for Kent Co.
24 Ap^r 81.

1508 Bu^s Wheat Now Manuf^g at different Mills
67 barrels Flour at George Town
3 bar^s Pork do
1/2 bar^s Beef do
8, or 9 Beaves on y^e hoof at different places.

April 24
[Indorsed
"Cashiered
26 Ap^l
1781"]

At a General Court Martial held in Baltimore Town by Order of
General Buchanan for the Trial of Sunday persons on the 24^th
day of April Seventeen Hundred and Eighty one

Present. Col^o Sam^l Smith, President
Capt^ns: Nich^s Moore, John McLellan, George Hunter, Richard
Ridgely.
Lieut^s: Thomas Russell, George Welsh, Thomas Dewett, William
Jacob, Dan^l Bowley, William Clemm.
Ensigns: James Calhoun, David Evans.