216 Letters to the Governor and Council

April 27
Red Book
No. 8
Letter 31

themselves that a Reconsideration of the Steps taken for removing
from the Reach of Invaders, the superfluous Provision & Forage,
will convince you that they can have no possible Tendency to dis-
courage so laudable a Spirit, or to impede the Effects which may
be expected from it

April 27

[Joseph Wilkinson, Calv^t County, to Gov. Lee.]

Capt. Skinner will deliver you Nineteen prisoners, Taken off the
mouth Patuxent by Capt Folger of the Schooner Antilope Capt.
Folger gave me a memorandum of his proceedings since he came in
the Bay which Capt. Skinner will deliver your Excellency

April 28

[John Moale to Gov. Lee.]

An Officer belonging to the Detachm^t Commanded by Major Gen-
eral the Marquis de la Fiat, deliver'd Jesse Dungan & Jonathan Paul
(whom the Marquis, had apprehended on Suspicion of their haveing
been Aiding & Assisting, John Paul & Walter Picket, in Endeavour-
ing to Supply the Subjects of the King of Great Britain with Flour)
to me who I have after taking the Inclosed Examination, & being
Promised by the Officers to have further Testimoney sent from the
Detachm^t Commited to Baltimore County Goal — the Evidence I
Expected not being sent & that I had (in my Opinion) not being
sufficient to Convict them, I was inclined Either to Discharge, or Ad-
mit them to Bail — but being inform'd this day by M^r Lindinberger
that he had forwarded some depositions respecting these men to you,
I declined doing so untill I could obtain your Excellencys direction in
respect to this matter, will beg you'l give me as soon as possible
Baltimore County ss. The Examination of W^m Kelley a Soldier
in the Detachment Commanded by Major Gen. the Marquis de la
Fiat, taken before me the Subscriber one of the Justices of the County
aforesaid April 20^th 1781.
This Examinant saith that Walter Picket, deceased, told him, that
Jonathan Paul & Jesse Dungan, was to Aid & Assist him the said
Picket & John Paul in Carrying Flour on Board the Brig Nesbett &
other Vessells which the said Picket supposed to belong to the King
of Great Britain — & Further saith not
his
William X Kelley
Mark

April 29

The above Examination taken & Subscribed before John Moale

[Geo. Dashiel, Som^t Cot^y to The Honble Matthew Tilghman Presid^t
of the Special Council, Talbot Court House]

Yesterday evening M^r Master came up Wicomico in the Flagg
which M^r Lyon Alledges he belongs to, and informd me that M^r Lyon